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the Exposition' [1871]This poem was written for the fortieth National Industrial Exposition of the American
Whitman was solicited by the American Institute Board of Managers a month prior to the event.
Ships, farms, shops, barns, factories, mines, City and State, North, South, item and aggregate, We dedicate
cities and States in thee! Our freedom all in thee! our very lives in thee!
Ships, farms, shops, barns, factories, mines, City and State, North, South, item and aggregate, We dedicate
cities and States in thee! Our freedom all in thee! our very lives in thee!
In the 1860 edition it became number 2 of the "Chants Democratic," and it acquired its final title in
excised two substantial passages, one describing the "full-sized men, / Men taciturn yet loving" (1860
Leaves)—as the ideal embodiment of American manhood.
American Imago 25 (1968): 354–370.Thomas, M. Wynn. The Lunar Light of Whitman's Poetry.
Leaves of Grass: Facsimile Edition of the 1860 Text. Ed. Roy Harvey Pearce.
Do you think the great city endures? Or a teeming manufacturing state?
greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where the great city stands is not the place of stretch'd
Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of orators and bards; Where the city stands that is beloved
city of the healthiest fathers stands; Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great
city stands. 6 How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!
greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where a great city stands is not the place of stretch'd
Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of orators and bards, Where the city stands that is belov'd
city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great
city stands. 6 How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!
How the floridness of the materials of cities shrivels before a man's or woman's look!
greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where a great city stands is not the place of stretch'd
Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of orators and bards, Where the city stands that is belov'd
city of the healthiest fathers stands, Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great
city stands. 6 How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!
How the floridness of the materials of cities shrivels before a man's or woman's look!
greatest city in the whole world. 5 The place where the great city stands is not the place of stretch'd
Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of orators and bards; Where the city stands that is beloved
city of the healthiest fathers stands; Where the city of the best-bodied mothers stands, There the great
city stands. 6 How beggarly appear arguments, before a defiant deed!
Were those your vast and solid?
American Transcendentalist Quarterly ns 6 (1992): 189–211.Larson, Kerry C.
sea-bird, and look down as from a height; I do not deny the precious results of peace—I see pop- ulous populous
cities, with wealth incalculable; I see numberless farms—I see the farmers working in their fields or
spacious and haughty States, (nor any five, nor ten;) Nor market nor depot are we, nor money-bank in the city
the sea-bird, and look down as from a height, I do not deny the precious results of peace, I see populous
cities with wealth incalculable, I see numberless farms, I see the farmers working in their fields or
spacious and haughty States, (nor any five, nor ten,) Nor market nor depot we, nor money-bank in the city
the sea-bird, and look down as from a height, I do not deny the precious results of peace, I see populous
cities with wealth incalculable, I see numberless farms, I see the farmers working in their fields or
spacious and haughty States, (nor any five, nor ten,) Nor market nor depot we, nor money-bank in the city
sea-bird, and look down as from a height; I do not deny the precious results of peace—I see pop- ulous populous
cities, with wealth incalculable; I see numberless farms—I see the farmers working in their fields or
spacious and haughty States, (nor any five, nor ten;) Nor market nor depot are we, nor money-bank in the city
of the 1855 edition, became "Poem of the Poet" in the 1856 edition, "Leaves of Grass" number 3 in 1860
The Singers and of The Words of Poems" in the 1856 edition, became "Leaves of Grass" number 6 in the 1860
Both poems were from the beginning concerned with the role of the poet in the human community, and this
(1860 Leaves).
Leaves of Grass: Facsimile Edition of the 1860 Text. Ed. Roy Harvey Pearce.
SONG OF THE ANSWERER. 1 NOW list to my morning's romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer, To the cities
, The best farms, others toiling and planting and he unavoidably reaps, The noblest and costliest cities
SONG OF THE ANSWERER. 1 NOW list to my morning's romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer, To the cities
, The best farms, others toiling and planting and he unavoidably reaps, The noblest and costliest cities
In the 1860 edition of Leaves the poem appeared as number 5 in the "Leaves of Grass" cluster and in 1867
American Literature 19 (1947): 21–40.Whitman, Walt. Complete Poetry and Collected Prose. Ed.
in the lead position in the 1856 edition and gave it its first title, "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American
," shortened to "Walt Whitman" in the third edition of 1860.
Moving away from American diversity in section 17, the poet turns to human commonality—to "the grass
The Homosexual Tradition in American Poetry. Austin: U of Texas P, 1979. Miller, Edwin Haviland.
Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1989. Miller, James E., Jr.
me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self. 3 I have heard what the talkers were
Trippers and askers surround me, People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city
All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost listening to me.
, The blocks and fallen architecture more than all the living cities of the globe.
Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?
me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self. 3 I have heard what the talkers were
Trippers and askers surround me, People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city
All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost listening to me.
, The blocks and fallen architecture more than all the living cities of the globe.
Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?
DeborahDietrich"Song of Joys, A" (1860)"Song of Joys, A" (1860)Entitled "Poem of Joys" when it first
appeared in 1860, and "Poems of Joy" in 1867, the poem resumed its first title in 1871 and 1876.
like "Song of Myself" and "Song of the Open Road," to celebrate the vitality and variety of the American
"Song of Joys, A" (1860)
To the 178 lines of the original, Whitman had added 27 lines by 1860, when the poem reached its maximum
But the changes are so radical that the 1855–1860 text is in some important ways a different kind of
Whitman and the American Idiom. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1991. Knapp, Bettina L.
Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1994. 120–132. Whitman, Walt.
Leaves of Grass: Facsimile Edition of the 1860 Text. Ed. Roy Harvey Pearce.
Were all educations practical and ornamental well display'd out of me, what would it amount to?
Were I as the head teacher, charitable proprietor, wise statesman, what would it amount to?
Were I to you as the boss employing and paying you, would that satisfy you?
(Because you are greasy or pimpled, or were once drunk, or a thief, Or that you are diseas'd, or rheumatic
Congress convenes every Twelfth-month for you, Laws, courts, the forming of States, the charters of cities
Were all educations practical and ornamental well display'd out of me, what would it amount to?
Were I as the head teacher, charitable proprietor, wise statesman, what would it amount to?
Were I to you as the boss employing and paying you, would that satisfy you?
(Because you are greasy or pimpled, or were once drunk, or a thief, Or that you are diseas'd, or rheumatic
Congress convenes every Twelfth-month for you, Laws, courts, the forming of States, the charters of cities
Frederick J.Butler"Song at Sunset" (1860)"Song at Sunset" (1860) This poem was first published in the
1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as number 8 under the heading "Chants Democratic."
An American Primer. 1904. Ed. Horace Traubel. Stevens Point, Wis.: Holy Cow!, 1987.____.
Whitman's Manuscripts: "Leaves of Grass" (1860). Ed. Fredson Bowers. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1955.
"Song at Sunset" (1860)
of the Western Sea; As I roam'd the streets of inland Chicago—whatever streets I have roam'd; Or cities
of the Western Sea, As I roam'd the streets of inland Chicago, whatever streets I have roam'd, Or cities
of the Western Sea, As I roam'd the streets of inland Chicago, whatever streets I have roam'd, Or cities
America, and along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies; I will make inseparable cities
America, and along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies; I will make inseparable cities
NarayanaChandran"Sometimes with One I Love"(1860)"Sometimes with One I Love"(1860)Originally number 39
Calamus" cluster, "Sometimes with One I Love," a four-line poem, first appeared in Leaves of Grass in 1860
The 1860 text had for its third line: "Doubtless I could not have perceived the universe, or written
"Sometimes with One I Love"(1860)
This poem became section 39 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 Whitman replaced the third line with a new one
and Rector, a church that has stood at that location since 1808 ("History," Grace Church in New York City
The first cannons were placed there in defense of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) when it
and Rector, a church that has stood at that location since 1808 ("History," Grace Church in New York City
The first cannons were placed there in defense of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) when it
The first several lines of that poem were revised and published as My Picture-Gallery in The American
The first several lines of the notebook draft were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The
American in October 1880.
At least we have noticed that most total-abstinents were great imbibers of strong Java and the Chinese
An American vessel has been fired into by a British cruiser off Pensacola, Fla., and one man killed.
We contend he is not only an American “representative man,” but a great original—just as great in his
Barnum’s plans were so vast! even his humbug had sublimity!
Such enthusiasm was hardly needed to prove how spontaneously the hearts of the American people respond
1833 the New York Washington Monument Association was incorporated to erect a monument in New York city
In a late visit to the American institute fair, Since 1829 the American Institute held a big fair annually
See Landy, "The Washington Monument Project in New York," 291–97. and were assured by an old gentleman
If it is, it will be a disgrace and a laughing–stock to the whole city and state. . . . . . . .
1833 the New York Washington Monument Association was incorporated to erect a monument in New York city
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 29, no. 4 (December 1969): 291–97.; Since 1829 the American
these are all here as we had heard them sweetly sung or said by the Orphic seer himself, only they were
Here were scorn of the conventions of society by one who never knew them, and who was as ignorant of
It would be a thousand pities were the author judged by the few passages, perhaps not two pages in all
He is neither a true American nor a Greek.
Were he the former, he would have a sense of humor; were he the latter, he would have a sense of art.
But the city was not so large then, nor so cosmopolitan as now.
These two houses were pleasant to look upon.
Two of the leaders of this company were then next door neighbors of Mr.
Our lives were deepened. A MORE INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE.
In the course of our walk there were long intervals of silence between us, and altogether his words were
clear that these notes contributed to Whitman's Civil War writings, including Fifty-first New-York City
Several of the tales were later published separately: the first as "A Fact-Romance of Long Island," the
weaker and finally sinks into a death caused by grief.In the second Fact-Romance, a pious old African-American
I have more confidence in the judgment of intelligent American women, and men too, than to think they
This girl was a deaf mute, the daughter of a wretched intemperate couple in the neighborhood, who were
The sons were employed in some mercantile establishment in N EW -Y ORK , in which city the daughter,
Austen, Wilmerding and Co., auctioneers, were located at 30 Exchange Street, corner of William."
Brasher also cites Joseph Jay Rubin, "Whitman and the Boy-Forger," American Literature 10 (May 1938),
woman, a widow, occupied a basement in one of the streets leading down to the North river, in New York city
for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb persons, founded in 1817, and later named The American
Austen, Wilmerding and Co., auctioneers, were located at 30 Exchange Street, corner of William."
Brasher also cites Joseph Jay Rubin, "Whitman and the Boy-Forger," American Literature 10 (May 1938),
This city, its suburbs, the Capitol, the front of the White House, the places of amusement, the avenue
make, I should say, the marked feature in the human movement and costume appearance of our national city
His answers were short, but clear.
His parents were living, but were very old. There were four sons, and all had enlisted.
There were several other boys no older.
(American Civil War Research Database [Duxbury, Massachusetts: Alexander Street Press]).
Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.; According to Martin G. Murray, D.
ViceSociety for the Suppression of ViceVice societies flourished in the late nineteenth century in many American
cities.
Funded by the wealthy, these watchdog groups were powerful lobbies for anti-obscenity and anticontraception
Although they eventually earned the ridicule and contempt of a majority of thinking people, they were
O'Connor) were convinced that the Boston district attorney had merely been his tool.
—Thus reasoned the Emperor Caligula, according to Philon, proving plausibly enough that the kings were
—Aristotle had said, before them all, that men are not equal by nature, but that some were born for slavery
undeveloped is, in not realizing that the individual , man or woman is the head and ideal, and the State, City
respond within their breasts, their brains, the sad reverberations,) The passionate toll and clang, City
to city joining, sounding passing, Those heart‑beats of a Nation in the Night.
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:520; Major American Authors on Cd-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:520; Major American Authors on Cd-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport
respond within their breasts, their brains, the sad reverberations,) The passionate toll and clang—city
to city, joining, sounding, passing, Those heart-beats of a Nation in the night.
respond within their breasts, their brains, the sad reverberations,) The passionate toll and clang—city
to city, joining, sounding, passing, Those heart-beats of a Nation in the night.