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Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
warmish, gloomy weather here for some days now and continues as if it had come to stay—Can hardly read in my
Whitman's poem "My 71st Year" was published in Century Illustrated Magazine in November 1889.
Yes, as you imagine I am indeed up to my eyes in work but one thing I am glad of—I have got over the
necessary arrangements and we will move Northward as soon as convenient after I get across the water—My
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
of to do is to have the correspondence just forwarded me by O'Connor printed with some comments of my
Please let me know at once what you think of my plan Your friend R M Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt
Asylum for the Insane, London, 9th May 188 3 My dear Walt I returned home last evening and found plate
I am up to my eyes in work R M Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 9 May 1883
[London,] Nov. 9 th 79 My dear Walt Whitman For the last two weeks I have been expecting to hear from
Rock Mountains—gave out about two weeks ago & have been quite sick ever since (principal trouble with my
9 th Nov. 82 My dear Walt I have your card of 6 and we shall count on your coming here early in Dec.
would it not be as well (or necessary) for me to go to Philadelphia to arrange for the publication of my
good inscription and the little autograph notes which will make it one of the most precious volumes in my
I feel richer than ever now that I have my "Leaves" all back again and these treasures added to them
this past week but now it is dark, dark, and blowing and raining like all possessed—but I sit here in my
And what do you think of my suggestion to write some autobiographical notes, jottings?
ONTARIO London, Ont., 9 Oct 188 8 I have the "November Boughs" today with my name and yours on fly leaf
I lay this book by as one of my most precious possessions.
If this book does not go I shall think (as my father used to say) that "the devil is in it" for sure.
I have begun my Annual Report am going to make it pretty long this year—shall put in a lot about alcohol—results
I shall be kept here pretty steady I guess until I get the Report off my hands, a month from now, after
My companion, the moment he saw her, directed my attention to her by a peculiar movement of the head.
female—though I could hardly divine what or who she had been—and when we left the place, I reminded my
He then went on to give me the particulars of this celebrated mutiny, which I had read in my own country
when a boy, but which had nearly escaped my memory.
intentions, and that G OD will receive me into favor: and I sincerely hope that my death will be the
My dear Sir, Yours of 27 January, and Leaves of Grass, received.
I hope that you did not consider my request for your photograph impertinent.
and therefore my allusion to it.
that I did my best—however—perhaps I soared too high—in addressing Barbarians.
I had told Dowden of my not having received any reply to my cards or letters and my apprehension that
My heart has been very bad for months.
My dear Whitman, I am delighted that you liked Miss Phelps's story so well.
England Oct October 1: 1879 My dear Mr.
I have just received a letter from my friend in which he says: "I enclose you my promised Provençal translation
Do, I beg of you, do me the great favor to present them to him, in my name, when next you see him.
If ever I go to America, I assure you that one of my first visits will be to this most sympathetic of
poets, for whose large & lofty nature my admiration is merged into love ."
My dear Whitman, All the poems you have let me print before are of such a kind that I felt they would
My dear Mr.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT THE CENTURY MAGAZINE UNION SQUARE NEW YORK Marion, Mass My dear Mr.
I would be willing to make you an immediate payment of $250.00 on account and will do everything in my
Which vocalist never sung, nor orator nor actor ever utter'd, Invoking here and now I challenge for my
Which vocalist never sung, nor orator nor actor ever utter'd, Invoking here and now I challenge for my
Travel'd Roads was mostly made up of material from three previously published pieces: A Backward Glance on My
Own Road (1884), How I Made a Book (1886), and My Book and I (1887).
Long for my soul, hungering gymnastic, I devour'd what the earth gave me; Long I roam'd the woods of
O wild as my heart, and powerful!)
wonder, yet pensive and masterful; All the menacing might of the globe uprisen around me; Yet there with my
; —Long had I walk'd my cities, my country roads, through farms, only half satisfied; One doubt, nauseous
longer wait—I am fully satisfied—I am glutted; I have witness'd the true lightning—I have witness'd my
Long for my soul, hungering gymnastic, I devour'd what the earth gave me; Long I roam'd the woods of
O wild as my heart, and powerful!)
wonder, yet pensive and masterful; All the menacing might of the globe uprisen around me; Yet there with my
; Long had I walk'd my cities, my country roads, through farms, only half satisfied; One doubt, nauseous
longer wait—I am fully satisfied—I am glutted; I have witness'd the true lighting—I have witness'd my
FATHOMLESS DEEPS. 1 RISE O days from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep, Long for my
O wild as my heart, and powerful!)
you have done me good, My soul prepared in the mountains absorbs your immortal strong nutriment, Long
had I walk'd my cities, my country roads through farms, only half satisfied, One doubt nauseous undulating
like a snake, crawl'd on the ground before me, Continually preceding my steps, turning upon me oft,
FATHOMLESS DEEPS. 1 RISE O days from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep, Long for my
O wild as my heart, and powerful!)
you have done me good, My soul prepared in the mountains absorbs your immortal strong nutriment, Long
had I walk'd my cities, my country roads through farms, only half satisfied, One doubt nauseous undulating
like a snake, crawl'd on the ground before me, Continually preceding my steps, turning upon me oft,
My dear friend, I have recd received your postal handshake, and am glad to find that you appreciate my
My second letter naturally turned the tide of contributions in his direction, as I desired, deeming him
You must forgive me for my blunder the price of your books.
living by his pen—and you should certainly never want anything your heart craved; but all I can do in my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
—See my other letter, & address answer Care of Strahan & Co, 34 Paternoster Road.
Robert Browning (1812–1889), known for his dramatic monologues, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My
Dear Walt Whitman: Pray forgive my long silence. I have been deep in troubles of my own.
I know the purity and righteousness of your meaning, but that does not alter my regret.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Earnestly hoping that you will honor my desire, I remain very faithfully yours, Robt.
400, 5th Ave, Dec 12. 91— My dear Mr.
400 Fifth Avenue Oct 12. 90 My dear Whitman— On return from Washington last night found your good letter
My dear Whitman, Accept my best thanks for the beautiful copy of "Leaves of Grass."
The title was given to the collection by my friend the publisher.
Wall Street Oct 20, 90 My dear Whitman, I recd the printed speech, proposed—think it too short.
reckoning in a little room" — You must take good care of yourself—get in good trim physically, so that my
Mch 24. 92 My dear friend, I was pained to hear that you are sufffering more and more, but was glad to
, free and winged words—words that have thrilled and ennobled the hearts and lives of millions—that my
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mch March 25 18 80 Walt Whitman Esq Esquire My Dear Sir: For years I have been your
I have taken the liberty to send you three small volumes of my own You may not agree with me.
Wall Street New York Dec 29th 91 My Dear Whitman, I am glad that you have lived long enough to know that
400 Fifth Avenue June 5, 90 My dear Mr.
Sometime I will pay, so far as may be in my power, a fitting tribute to your character and genius.
He reprinted it in his 1891 bookGood-Bye My Fancy.
New York, Feby 6/92 My dear Mr.
Feby 9th 92 My dear Whitman— I am going away to-day—first to Buffalo—then Cleveland—then Chicago—Cincinnati—and
I think of you hundreds of times a day and you are in my heart always.
his January 16, 1872 letter to Rudolf Schmidt, Whitman wrote that Freiligrath "translates & commends my
to you—to give you any notion of the good you have done me & again I think I speak for hundreds of my
Fridays Hill, Haslemere Surrey England Aug 13" 1889 My dear friend: Through one & another source we hear
I have full use of my one remaining eye and am in much better health in this much criticised but really
My dear friend Thank you—thank you!
From the condition of my heart death is a daily probability to my conciousness consciousness & I face
all my responsibilities in the sense that it may be for me the last time.
Nov 14th 1890 My dear friend Thanks for your kind remembrance of me in your note & enclosure.
I have my youth renewed to me in the extreme delight I take in our country home.
I have caught some of the pantheistic feeling of oneness in my spirit with nature & I have not been so
I am anchored here, but it is at best a foreign port—Pennsylvania has been the home of my family for
over 200 years and it is the place of my affections.
My dear Friend — It was with much regret that we felt compelled to leave you in your sickness last week
Our passage across the whole way has been nearly as smooth as a duck pond, and my health has been very
I bear your messages of love and remembrance to your many many friends in London, who without my privileges
Alys, my faithful secretary, joins me in the expression of the hearty affection with which I am always
Philadelphia, 2 Mo. 23 188 3 Walt Whitman Camden NJ My dear friend I claim the privileges of the name
Robert Pearsall Smith Two hundred Shares of the Capital Stock of the Sierra Bella Mining Co standing in my
name on the books of the said Company, and do hereby constitute and appoint Robert Pearsall Smith my
Whitman This certificate of Sierra Grande Mining Stock is to be returned to Robert Pearsall Smith at my
Augus 28th 1890 My dear friend, Your letter respecting package of books sent is at hand.
Accept my thanks for your valued gift to myself of your writings.