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camping with lumber-men, Along the ruts of the turnpike . . . along the dry gulch and rivulet bed, Hoeing my
gold-digging . . . girdling the trees of a new purchase, Scorched ankle-deep by the hot sand . . . hauling my
leave Walt the 4th July I rushit rush it some I have the best buggy and Harness there is in Scio with my
of the big guns out here Walt the folks know very little is a letup on me every one is trying to be my
present but write to me as soon as you get this G I Storms Walter do not wate wait for me to write give my
enquiring friends Dressmaker in particular and give me his address if you can George I Storms P.S. in my
India or South American port—as far as possible with foreign hands and only American officers—the captain
One of the principals goes as supercargo, unless the captain be a principal.
of this account of the illegal slave trade is strengthened by first-hand accounts such as that of Captain
Captain Delano stated in the "Maryland Colonization Journal" that he "was to take these things to Gardiner's
successful, having landed her cargo somewhere on the coast of Cuba, she is usually burned or sunk, and captain
of this account of the illegal slave trade is strengthened by first-hand accounts such as that of Captain
Captain Delano stated in the "Maryland Colonization Journal" that he "was to take these things to Gardiner's
to the oppressive factory conditions created by the capitalist factory owners that he called "The Captains
to the oppressive factory conditions created by the capitalist factory owners that he called "The Captains
read your Poem "Leaves of Grass"—I have read nothing hitherto in which in a large sense I recognized my
I loafe, and invite my soul; I lean and loafe at my ease— Observing a spear of Summer grass."
I know that the hand of God is the elderhand of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest
brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers…and the women my sisters and
I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.
is as big to me as any, Logic and sermons never convince, The damp of the night drives deeper into my
If I worship any particular thing, it shall be some of the spread of my body.'
Earth of the limpid gray of clouds brighter and clearer for my sake! Far-swooping elbowed earth!
the wounded person, My hurt turns livid upon me as I lean on a cane and observe.
Heat and smoke I inspired…I heard the yelling shouts of my comrades, I heard the distant click of their
I lie in the night air in my red shirt…the pervading hush is for my sake, Painless after all I lie, exhausted
"I, too, am not a bit tamed…I, too, am untransla- table untranslatable ; I sound my barbaric yawp over
Earth of the limpid gray of clouds, brighter and clearer for my sake! Far swooping elbowed earth!
.— (He could say) I know well enough the perpetual myself in my poems—but it is because the universe
Such boundless and affluent souls. . . . . . . bend your head in reverence, my man!
The oppression of my heart is not fitful and has no pangs; but a torpor like that of some stagnant pool
Around me are my brother men, merry and jovial.
—Ah, if the flesh could but act what my rational mind, in its moments of clear inspiration aspires to
am a Russ, An arctic sailor traversing I traverse the sea of Kara A Kamskatkan Kamchatkan drawn on my
I say to my own greatness, Away!
outward" (1855, p. 51). may be related to a similar phrase in the poem eventually titled "Who Learns My
in the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass : "The best I had done seemed to me blank and suspicious, / My
—I doubt whether who my greatest thoughts, as I had supposed them, are not shallow.
—My pride is impotent; my love gets no response.
faces of my kind something that presents the sentiment of the Druid walking in the woods " " of the Indian
The first several lines of the notebook draft were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The
swear I will am can not to evade any part of myself, Not America, nor any attribute of America, Not my
body—not friendship, hospitality, procreation, Not my soul—not the last explanation of prudence, Not
Part of "Pictures" was published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American in October 1880 and later incorporated
50-51uva.00246xxx.00072[Was it I who walked the]Scented Herbage of My Breast1857-1859poetryhandwritten1
who walked the / earth..." were not used in Calamus, but the five lines beginning "Scented herbage of my
Section 2 of the Calamus group was permanently retitled Scented Herbage of my Breast in 1867.
notice, you Kanuck woods") became verses 6-10; and the lines on the half-page ("I am indifferent to my
the first page correspond to verses 1-3 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("Publish my
name and hang up/ my picture...") to lines 4-11.
correspond to verses 1-5 of the 1860 version, and those on the second page ("And when I thought how/ my
lines 2-3 of the 1860 version, and the lines on the second page ("Do you suppose you can easily/ be my
50-51uva.00023xxx.00085City of my walks and joyslate 1850spoetryhandwritten1 leaf8.5 x 10 cm pasted to
City of my walks and joys
In 1860 the first set, with the addition of a new first line ("Here my last words, and the most baffling
brown-black ink, with revisions in lighter ink (including the deletion, undone in 1860, of the phrase "My
My Likeness! [Earth]
poem was revised to form section 32 of Calamus in 1860, and in 1867 was retitled What Think You I Take My
This was revised to become section 40 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 it was retitled That Shadow, My Likeness
50-51uva.00190xxx.00413xxx.00047Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2
Thought [Of closing up my songs by these]
Whitman retitled the poem To My Soul when it was first published, in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass
reinforce the truthfulness of Pierson's stories about the "koboo," Whitman mentions the fact that Captain
Captain Walter M.
Although the poem was unpublished in its entirety, the seventh line was used in the poem To My Soul,
"It is wicked," says she, "to run the cars on Sunday, and I don't want anybody in my class that will
following language of the new law, repealling the provisions of the old law inconsistent therewith, that my
question shall have been judicially pronounce invalid, or at least without some judicial sanction for my
President —That is my last name.
Yesterday forenoon Deputy Superintendent Folk requested each of the Captains under his command to report
At the hour appointed, however, each of the Captains were presented with a copy of Mr.
It was understood that if Captain Powers did not call the roll of the 11th ward, the Assistant Captain
Captain Powers however called the names as usual, and everything passed off smoothly.
The 14th ward men still hold out against the new regime, but obey the Captain's orders.
expected to comprise a thousand or fifteen hundred individuals, and will be under the command of Captain
The returns of the Captains who have submitted to the new law were first sent in, and as they were addressed
I will make my returns in this manner as long as the Mayor says so.
Deputy —The Mayor is not my boss, nor yours. Capt. P. —Well, the Mayor's my boss.
—I'm going to put my returns there as usual, if you throw me out as well as them.
Captains Powers and King afterwards went to the Mayor as on Saturday, and detailed to him the result
condition of the city, I do not think proper to separate myself from you, but shall remain and give my
The man whose motto is, "my party can do no wrong;" and whose practice is to unreflectingly array himself
Layard, " was the extent of my discoveries at Koyunjik.
No matter what length of time I spent in proving my case, I generally found my eloquence was expended
I had but time to throw up my right arm, when the avalanche descended.
I await my turn. In due time it comes.
My warriors fell around me. It began to look dismal. I saw my evil day at hand.
—I think profoundly of my friends—though I cannot write to them by the post office.
—I write to them more to my satisfaction, through my poems.— Tell Hector I thank him heartily for his
—I am so non–polite—so habitually wanting in my responses and ceremonies.
—I not only assured him of my retaining faith in that sect, but that I had perfect faith in all sects
—They retard my book very much.—It is worse than ever.
Germantown 6 mo 24.57 My Dear Friend Being a professed Associationist I am allowed the liberty of following
my attractions, when they are, what all the world will say, harmless, even in despite of common etiquette
case however I must say that I think your judgment of yourself is rather severe, I have not changed my
for any other solution, I only ask to use in refference reference to each, the terms that will convey my
You have made my heart rejoice by telling me of the breadth of the Revd Mr Porter, is it?
Germantown 7 mo 1—57 My Dear Friend I received yours of the 29th last evening and hasten to comply with
enough light to find the true way, one thing has never failed me, that is to do this moment whatever my
Whitman is about to publish another edition of Leaves of Grass, leaving out all the objectionable parts, my
He that receives the inspiration knows the best, but I with all my ultra radicalism would be delighted
Mayor Wood, of New York, this forenoon issued an order to his various Police Captains, the "Municipals
The Station Houses are to remain under charge of the Captains, till further action of the Common Council
boiling lobster, and wrote as follows to one of his daughters: "The sun-stroke is a staggerer; yet my
Were it not for others, would that my horn had been sounded—so easy, so delightful I may say, was the
Policemen should be directed by the Mayor, Deputy Superintendent, Captains, or whoever it is that they
celebrated physician remark, in speaking of the decay of health in metropolitan life,—“I should despair of my
the safe prosecution of their task up to the evening of the 10th; and the still later news from the Captain
usually very sudden, and it is not impossible that Bulwer may have reached his, in the “Caxtons” and “My