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On verso detached from Leaves of Grass, part of Poem of Joys, first published in the 1860 edition of

(1860)"So Long!" (1860)Whitman first added "So Long!"

to Leaves of Grass in 1860, and in this and all later editions it is the final poem in the volume, even

Whitman revised the poem extensively: the 1860 text runs eighty-nine lines, but in the 1867 edition Whitman

This envoi is distinctively Whitmanesque not only in its substitution of the colloquial American "so

(1860)

In 1860 this was the final poem in Leaves of Grass; in 1867 Whitman cut twenty-one lines and transferred

announce adhesiveness—I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd; I say you shall yet find the friend you were

When America does what was promised, When each part is peopled with free people, When there is no city

on earth to lead my city, the city of young men, the Mannahatta city—But when the Mannahatta leads all

the cities of the earth, When there are plentiful athletic bards, inland and seaboard, When through

announce adhesiveness, I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd, I say you shall yet find the friend you were

announce adhesiveness, I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd, I say you shall yet find the friend you were

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1943. Friedman, Bernard. Smuts: A Reappraisal. New York: St.

Robert Pearsall Smith joined Whitman's American supporters.

SALEM, a manufacturing city of 6000 population, is an Excellent Show Town, surrounded by a good country

We were represented there each day.

Both novels, however, were written by Lytton.

lemonade, and then drove home, where we arrived in abundant season to see that the friends of the Aurora were

Both novels, however, were written by Lytton.

In one house, we were assured that a child was ill of this loathsome disease, but on enquiry we found

In the 1856 edition it became "Night Poem," and in the 1860 and 1867 editions it is titled "Sleep-Chasings

Some scholars have felt that these deletions were motivated more by Whitman's desire to accomadate his

Martin suggests, not too plausibly, that the story of the Native American woman and the poet's mother

She sees the story of the Native American woman and Whitman's mother as an idyllic image of a lost ideal

The Homosexual Tradition in American Poetry. Austin: U of Texas P, 1979.Miller, Edwin Haviland.

my clothes were stolen while I was abed, Now I am thrust forth, where shall I run?

west, as they lie unclothed, The Asiatic and African are hand in hand—the Euro- pean European and American

from east to west as they lie unclothed, The Asiatic and African are hand in hand, the European and American

from east to west as they lie unclothed, The Asiatic and African are hand in hand, the European and American

my clothes were stolen while I was abed, Now I am thrust forth, where shall I run?

from east to west, as they lie unclothed, The Asiatic and African are hand in hand—the European and American

my clothes were stolen while I was abed, Now I am thrust forth, where shall I run?

west, as they lie unclothed, The Asiatic and African are hand in hand—the Eu- ropean European and American

intellectual classes retire to rest some hours after the mechanic is folded in the arms of Somnus, were

The Slavonians and Eastern Europe. 283 and adds the interesting fact, that they were in a good state

Specimens of wood found there were in an excellent state of preservation.

Even they, however, were doomed at last to foreign invasion.

, seeds that were but revived by the German Luther?

Even in her worst days, were her serfs more degraded beings than those of Russia now?

slavery is demonstrated in Leaves of Grass by the way in which he consistently includes African Americans

, various Whitman texts show that he had little tolerance for abolitionism, that he thought blacks were

Elsewhere in Leaves of Grass Whitman portrays African Americans with great depth and sensitivity.

None of the new poems in 1856 or 1860 contain passages longer than two lines on slavery.

Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1994. 133-152. Whitman, Walt. Complete Poetry and Collected Prose. Ed.

1860prosehandwritten20 leaves; References to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 indicate that parts of this manuscript were

characteristic Whitman fashion, from fragments large and small, with several discontinuities" which were

1 Slavery—the Slaveholders—The Constitution—the true America and Americans, the laboring persons.— The

meanest of lies liars is the American aristocratic liar who with his palter s ing and stutter over denial

meanings purports intentions allotments and foundations requirements of the Bargain called it of the American

— 13 Well what is this American Republic for?

—In Massachusetts too were very intolerant religious tests.

References to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 indicate that parts of this manuscript were likely written

characteristic Whitman fashion, from fragments large and small, with several discontinuities" which were

Amid the Anglo-Saxon Protestant Christianity—so-called—of the city of New York, the African slave trade

Upon consideration, we substitute dashes for the names, which were originally inserted in full.

Through his friends, the firm in the city, he finds some vessel for sale.

A crew is engaged nominally for some West India or South American port—as far as possible with foreign

New London is a seaport city in Connecticut.

.; Lorenzo DeAngelis, George Nevins, and John Helms were Deputy US Marshals, Southern District of New

See also the note below regarding the Braman.; New London is a seaport city in Connecticut.; Whitman

Three men were tried in court for fitting out the slaver: Joseph Pedro da Cunha, Placido de Castro, and

The first two men were convicted, but de Costa escaped from a hotel on the way to the jail under the

He was discovered in 1860 under the name Garcia on board another slaver, the Kate, and was identified

America" is approximately eighteen hundred words long and first appeared as an article in the North American

Whitman told Horace Traubel in 1888 that the editors of the North American Review had approached him

He claimed that all he had at hand were some collected observations on slang, so he submitted "Slang

Whitman celebrates neologisms, both English-based terms and those from Native American languages.

There is also a list of striking or unusual American Indian names, including "Two-feathers-of-honor"

American poetic expression, he advocated, should use all slang terms, including bad as well as good.

The masses would be most influential in determining the nature of the American language.

Some critics argue that his use of slang declined after 1860 and 1865.

Whitman and the American Idiom. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1991.Folsom, Ed.

"Whitman and Language: Great Beginnings for Great American Poetry." Mt.

Portions of this manuscript were revised and used in The Sky—Days and Nights—Happiness, first published

drafts.loc.00132xxx.00155[Skirting the river]1880poetryhandwritten1 leaf12.5 x 19 cm; These lines were

The Englishman Surprises the American Poet at His Home.

The floor was littered with books and papers almost blocking the approach to the great American singer

The American poet had lots to tell, and so had Sir Edwin, and the two indulged in a literary feast.

The two sat alongside of each other and began talking about American and English poetry.

Then the pair had a literary treat by talking of Emerson, Longfellow and other American poets.

Simpson expresses his disappointment here and elsewhere in his work that the American dream and myth,

prose, Simpson has played an influential role in the ongoing "dialogue" between post-World War II American

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

hundred miles in fifteen days, two days we marched forty miles a day and then hearing that the Texans were

flushed with success having whipped three thousand Regulars and volunteer mexican troops at Fort Craig were

On February 18, 1860, Soule went to Charlestown from Harrisburg and faked public intoxication in order

Soule attended a public memorial for Hazlett and Stevens in Boston, where Thayer and Eldridge were in

After the death of his father in 1860, Soule followed the gold rush to Denver, but enlisted in the Union

Chivington's attack on a group of unarmed Native Americans, which later came to be known as the Sand

yound young man who used to linger around Thayer & Eldridges Publishing office Boston in the spring of 1860

On February 18, 1860, Soule went to Charlestown from Harrisburg and faked public intoxication in order

Soule attended a public memorial for Hazlett and Stevens in Boston, where Thayer and Eldridge were in

After the death of his father in 1860, Soule followed the gold rush to Denver, but enlisted in the Union

Chivington's attack on a group of unarmed native americans, which later came to be known as the Sand

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921. "Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim, A" (1865)

I frequently chance upon your friends here in this city.

Her works include The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871–1872), and Daniel Deronda (1876).

Chapters of the Society for Ethical Culture were begun in cities across the U.S. in the 1880s, including

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

The volume consisted of the notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday

celebration on May 31, 1889 in Camden, which were collected and edited by Traubel.

He knows that there were some & he once read them. "Elias was a great man.

A wonderful preacher—why, one Sunday before he finished his sermon tears were coursing down all our cheeks

Strange too he should expound scriptures when the Spirit & he were closely intimate.

Smith, his wife Hannah, and their children were all friends and supporters of Whitman.

If the old broad brims of Richmond were not so close fisted, I should predict that they would buy copies

The first I gave last week Thursday to a company of some 30 young ladies—very bright they were, and responsive

The young ladies, ranging from 18 to 25 perhaps, were all alert, sympathetic, eager, enthusiastic.

worked the clay—modeling rough a head of Cleveland, & then, changing it to Harrison —a work not exceeding

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" (pp. 168–170) and "Carlyle from American

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

Morse is likely referring to similar works, including likenesses of the poet Thomas Carlyle and the American

essayist and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson, that were purchased by the woman who also hired him to provide

Blaine (1830–1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician.

spiteful little "animated torrid zones" & covering them with feathers—it seems as if our Church deacons were

The boxes were shipped Monday, & I suppose you may have heard from Dr Bucke. Tell Mrs.

There were some 200 present.

At all events, the thanks were profuse and hearty.

Several ministers were there & in perfectly good humor.

later transformed him into a martyr for the abolitionist cause (see Robert McGlone, "John Brown," American

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

The great, vast bulk of of a city weighs on the senses like a nightmare, but if one doesnt care a button

"What is your city with its temples & walls?

a teacher and clergyman who was a controversial and extremely popular preacher in Chicago from the 1860s

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Dear W— I sent word to Horace one day that I had an intuition that you were about to enter upon a new

The next day the telegraph announced you were slightly improved from a severe attack of "heart failure

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

The 14th Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1888) celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the city's founding

John Sherman (1823–1900) was an American politician and Republican representative and senator from Ohio

Blaine (1830–1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician.

If she were not quite so old, I think I would start out with her on a starring tour.

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" and "Carlyle from American Points of

Fiction [1841–1848]Short Fiction [1841–1848]Whitman's roughly two dozen short stories and vignettes were

Many of the stories were republished, with slight alterations, during the years Whitman spent working

on newspapers in New York City and Brooklyn.

The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul" concerns a man who is forced by poverty out of the city

into a rural teaching position—an experience Whitman had after the great fire of 1835 in New York City

And thus they were, and thus they passed away.—O Earth! huge tomb-yard of humanity!

Very beauteous was the coming of the sun, one day, over the cities of J UDAH .

And her grey hairs were bowed to the ground, and she would not receive consolation.

the expectation, as it were, of an unwonted event.

thine during that fearful minute, it were almost blasphemous to transcribe!

On the verso, in blue pencil, appears a note, reading "Drum Taps—City of Ships" which appears to be in

This may indeed have been a draft of the poem City of Ships, which first appeared in 1865 as part of

of references to the Civil War indicate that it was inscribed prior to the publication of the the 1860

proposition to cross this Autumn to England and deliver a course of lectures in a few of the larger cities