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Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem, I whisper with my lips close to your

O I have been dilatory and dumb, I should have made my way straight to you long ago, I should have blabb'd

I paint myriads of heads, but paint no head without its nim- bus nimbus of gold-color'd light, From my

Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem, I whisper with my lips close to your

O I have been dilatory and dumb, I should have made my way straight to you long ago, I should have blabb'd

I paint myriads of heads, but paint no head without its nim- bus nimbus of gold-color'd light, From my

Tuesday with the money all safe am Obliged to you for it i thought perhaps the snow storm would prevent my

very kind if she ever comes to new york New York i hope she will come and see me and stay awhile give my

indignant indeed i felt anxious to get them and went out one of those slushey slushy days dident didn't get my

feet wet but got them very damp and cold and i got such a very bad cold and pain in my face i was real

sick two or three days i coulden t couldn't sleep for the pain in my face saturday Saturday night in

My Dear Friend, The American mail arrived here an hour ago & brought me your dear, good letter of Aug

23 rd & 24 th with Sloane Kennedy's letter to you enclosed, for which I return you my most cordial thanks

Ah my dear, good old Friend if you knew how I long for those dear missives, how s[w]eetly precious &

But I have had my innings & now he is having his. But all the same I say "Happy fellow!"

But I must possess my soul in patience & in due time all will come right I enclose a cutting from "The

The practice I had in America, & the vocal exercises that I used to indulge in during my mountain rambles

working men,—chiefly socialists; so I gave them as good an account of Leaves of Grass in connection with my

To my great delight, there proved to be several men there who knew L. of G. & who were able to join with

opposite side of the river, & the sound of fire-bells & galloping horses in the distance, drew me out of my

My American trip seems to have given me a new energy of assimilation too.

My Dear Mr Whitman It seems to be but yesterday that I saw you riding on the cars talking to the driver

again, it seems ten years, since I felt the old home Your photograph greets me every time I go into my

One of my friends came in the other day & said, "you have still got his picture hung up," & I said "yes

New Mexico, has changed me so My Dear Mr Whitman that you would not recognize me.

on the prairie with no house or food in sight when night came & had nothing to do but to roll up in my

beautiful weather again to-day, cool enough, and I feel very well—It is probable that I shall not take my

beef & apple pie—had company to dinner—I have come around to the office to sit in quiet awhile, by my

twelve miles—& boats sailing—I am going up to O'Connors towards 7 o'clock as usual—I am working at my

leisure on my little book —I dont know whether I have spoken of it before—in prose—those pieces in the

ready fixed—so I don't bother with it any more— Monday forenoon Aug 17 —Well, Mother, I will close up my

of the poem (not including this line) were revised and published in The American in October 1880 as My

Do you think my getting my shirts made so cheaply, or my buying clothes at a low price, has anything

In the 1860 edition he boasts that he will "take for my love some prostitute" ("Enfans d'Adam" number

Ed," he called out (Ed sat out towards the door), "Ed—go upstairs—on my bed you'll find a little package

The other day, when my sister Gussie stepped in (it was Sunday) to see him, he gave her an envelope thus

inscribed— The Fair Pilot of Loch Uribal.One of my favorite storiesW.W. and inside, some sheets torn

gloomy'—and every time it sets me up"Walt Whitman"it was "By an Idle Voyager"— Said W.: "They copied my

up—touched up to perdition's point: I wrote him about it—not to do it—as you know,—but I suppose he got my

then, "highest is low, sometimes, to the other fellow"—and he was the other fellow in this case.Called my

Also called my attention to another pamphlet—about Rudolf Schmidt—written or sent by Rosenberg (referred

He had forgotten—I told him—that it was Danish, therefore of doubtful meaning to my father.

I laughed in turn: "Perhaps the other fellow would have it to say 'I don't intend to be asked my reasons

My impression is that he will.

I reminded him that in my Whitman piece, he had not filled in date blank for the founding of the Long

I was a mere boy, then—it was in fact my boyish exuberance put into concrete manifestation.

I knew it as well as I do my own.

Now, I can do my business either in the morning or the afternoon, and if you could be at the house with

My call is merely social but as I might never see him again, I count on it greatly.

If not, I shall go straight to Camden.I shall carry an alligator-skin satchel, with my initials in silver

Wallace's letter of 22nd dwells upon duties to me in my service for W. Loving and uplifting.

time you have all been privileged to participate in during the past week & am now longing & straining my

greatly enjoyed—but I know you will understand & take the will for the deed.I am off to Scotland, to my

Home (Annan) in a few days for a short visit to my good dear old Father & Mother.My love to your dear

That wonderful title page I look at & look at, & can't seem to get dovetailed into my mind.

My day had a sad ending.

Please give my very special congratulations to Traubel anent this big volume (for I suppose he helped

And give my regards to your Canadian nurse-friend.

require it—I never undressed coldest nights last winter—tired oft as an old vetrans , I dropped in my

narative. narrative Got a heater last winter, gave a picture for it—pipe passed into chimney through my

room mad made it comfortable— My sister on Staten Island has been dangerously ill for some weeks—now

several children and grand children—sincere— guiless— guileless beloved——I have not seen either of my

Montenotte Cork, Ireland July 23 1871 My dear Sir, I wished to send you a copy of the July No of the

removable error fail in their approach to you, or do not approach at all. that I think I am justified in my

My fixed residence is 50 Wellington Road, Dublin, Ireland.

My work there is that of Professor of English Literature in the University of Dublin.

My Dear Old Friend, The American mail this morning brought me three most welcome letters—one from Herbert

He also says:—"I have sent my warmest love to W.W. by Wallace. Do you also remember me.

J.W.W. & F.W. intended going for a delightful walk in Rivington & much do I regret that my professional

duties have prevented my accompanying them.

My Dear Old Friend, Sitting here on the evening of Good Friday—a general holiday—I thought I w d give

I also took part in the discussion, read extracts from L. of G & shewed showed some of my "Whitman photos

God bless you my dear, old friend, & send you better times!

Please give my kindest regards to HLT & to all your household.

stiff with them—the Bullards I mean the people that are going to move in—the d—m cusses shant have my

water pipe unless the[y] behave decent—yet I suppose the Park people are mean enough to prevent my taking

I had the Times of Friday while eating my Breakfast on Sunday—that is pretty well isnt it.

stay here long—I begin to like the city better—Yet it dont come up to B[rooklyn] by a long chalk— Give my

My own opinion is that he will not recover, that he cannot last long.

do Andrew a great deal of good  In the letter that Mother received yesterday from you, you speak abt my

worries you without doing any good, and another thing it is not like you think in regard to cutting down my

Give yourself no thought abt my worring. Something that I have got entirely past.

Mother, every thing is the same with me, I am feeling very well indeed, the old trouble of my head stopt

& my ears affected, has not troubled me any since I came back here from Brooklyn—I am writing this in

Major Hapgood's old office, cor 15th & F st., where I have my old table & window—it is dusty & chilly

seen, the arrival of the wounded after a battle, & the scenes on the field too, & I can hardly believe my

He , I daresay, is not altogether wrong about my other self, who is possessed at times with the itch

I believe I last wrote to you from Carmarthen, where I stayed with my dear grand-parents, making excursions

thoughts, (as I dropped with ready strides down those Welsh mountains at nightfall, or arm-in-arm with my

Here my Uncle Percival, who is a Naturalist & Poultry-fancier, among other things, has a house almost

sketch of Elias Hicks is very pleasant to see, as like yourself I am proud of having Friends among my

I am going to send you a pamphlet which has in it a sketch of William Grimm by my best friend and fellow-worker

for I should like to see you in the flesh, but that is in the hands of the powers, I do not know how my

But I have no right to trouble you with myself or my concerns and I will stop here wishing you the best

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

Walt Whitman My name is not for publication, though if my subscription were for five thousand dollars

You perhaps remember calling on me 3 or 4 years ago, when I lent you my diary of the war days from which

If you are in present straits, I will enclose you my little offering at once without waiting for a formal

I have been out with my Co on Picket but we are now back to Camp,  I had charge of the line, for more

than a mile, so that I had to keep my Eyes open,  we were posted along the bank of the river which is

Mother you ask if my throat troubles me any now.

Not a bit,  I never felt better in my life,  one thing I have learned in this war, and that is, that

Kurunégala Ceylon 11 Dec 90 My dear Walt— It's good to get your letter of Nov 2 nd forwarded to me here

Too bad my not acknowledging your books—they arrived all right sometime in Sept r and I forwarded one

I am staying just now with my friend Arunáchalam whose name you may remember.

Give my love to Dr Bucke if you write or see him—not forgetting H.

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Dublin, 18/2 187 6 My dear Mr Whitman I send you an order for 39/= for a copy of your works the $10 edition

I must say that I only know Mr Dowden casually—a person of my world cannot aspire to much acquaintance

My knowledge of literature is very slight—I have not the critical insight into things that he has Dear

My having been obliged to give up all idea of a separate life for myself beyond the grave, forces me

but I expected to come down myself, or send word—but one thing or another delays the publication of my

coming week—I will bring you one when I come down—there is lots in about the pond & the old lane &c. and my

dark equinoctial storm—but I just wish I was down there this minute—a day there in the woods— —Where my

dictionaries &c. you can think of, & everything else— —Nothing very new with me—I still keep well—eat my

Dear Walter As I am not a going out to day I thought that my time could not be better imployed than by

Sawyer to day he is well. he sayes that they have bin on the move so that he could not answer my letter

thing about your letter—he is a going to try to get a pass to come up hear this winter— Conserning my

self I am about old fassion. my leg mends slowly (about as it was when you wer hear) I have bin out

Tuesday evening—Jan 23— Mother, I wrote yesterday in my letter that I had a bad cold—I felt quite disagreeable

Bruce to give you Gracie's address in Iowa—I have just got some nice copies of my Am.

to-night & finish it to-morrow— Wednesday afternoon Jan. 24 Mother, I am feeling well to-day—I think my

mostly young men, & a good deal of noise & moving about—but I don't mind it, as it is only from 9 to 3—& my

Sirs: On account of my absence from Washington, your letter of the 6th ult, in relation to the case of

Hastings and others, and your claim for a retainer for services therein, has just been brought to my

Be pleased to accept my thanks for your courtesy and attention in this matter, although I regret to say

that the statistics reached me the day after my report was submitted to Congress, and was therefore

nor the bright win- dows windows , with goods in them; Nor to converse with learn'd persons, or bear my

your fre- quent frequent and swift flash of eyes offering me love, Offering response to my own—these

nor the bright win- dows windows , with goods in them; Nor to converse with learn'd persons, or bear my

your frequent and swift flash of eyes offering me love, Offering response to my own—these repay me; Lovers

the streets, nor the bright windows with goods in them, Nor to converse with learn'd persons, or bear my

as I pass O Manhattan, your frequent and swift flash of eyes offering me love, Offering response to my

Behold this swarthy and unrefined face—these gray eyes, This beard—the white wool, unclipt upon my neck

, My brown hands, and the silent manner of me, with- out without charm; Yet comes one, a Manhattanese

past war, the battles, hospital sights, the wounded and the dead, Myself through every by-gone phase—my

idle youth—old age at hand, My three-score years of life summ'd up, and more, and past, By any grand

the streets, nor the bright windows with goods in them, Nor to converse with learn'd persons, or bear my

as I pass O Manhattan, your frequent and swift flash of eyes offering me love, Offering response to my

328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey April 13 '86 My Dear Prof: Carson Yours rec'd recieved —The copy

to have seen you—I am ab't about the same in health &c—(nothing at all to brag of)—I read publicly my

difficult to get about here, even small distances—Otherwise I should have been on to see Alma and you—for my

wishes have been with you both—My general health however is very fair.

have written an acc't to Dr B[ucke] wh' he will send you—I sh'd not wish any such item as that ab't my

alleged opinion of Stedman to be printed — I have no such opinion—My feeling toward S is one of good

87— Yours of March 24 rec'd —also one some 12 days previous—thanks—you ought to have rec'd the MS of my

soon as ready—also two or three printed impr: of the "note" when ready—I am well as usual—delivered my

Camden Sept: September 14 '91 Dear sister, Getting along fairly—eat my two meals every day—one of my

Walt Whitman, I owe to you my thanks for many strong, beautiful, bracing words and thoughts of yours—thoughts

that have opened my mind to new possibilities, larger, truer things.

My hat was all worn out, and Papa sent me a new one, by the post man. I like my new hat.

Brooklyn, New York March 14 My dear Mr.

Linton, I think of wanting this engraved (exactly this size, and general design) for a frontispiece for my

[To Ernest Rhys] 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey U S America Nov. 9 1885 My dear Sir Excuse the delay—I

As I understand it, the plan is to make a selection from my Poems & put them in a Volume of your "Canterbury

Camden New Jersey May 22 1890 Thanks, my dear friend, for y'r good letter (enclosing $25) wh' has safely

fine weather & sun for an hour—Have kind attention & all I need—I enclose you some little slips of my

My dear friend, The Homer has come & is now lying before me. I thank you deeply.

I enjoy my visits with a sad but profound joy & satisfaction—especially at night, when the light is nearly