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"O my brave soul! O farther, farther sail! O daring joy, but safe!
For that, O God—be it my latest word, here on my knees, Old, poor, and paralysed—I thank thee.
, I yield my ships to thee, Steersman unseen!
henceforth the helms are thine; Take thou command—what to my petty skill thy naviga- tion?
"My hands, my limbs, grow nerveless; My brain feels rack'd, bewilder'd; Let the old timbers part, I will
Dear Sir Trusting that the intelligence conveyed will plead for my presumption, I venture to enclose
New York, Oct 18th 188 6 Walt Whitman Esq Dear Sir On my return to New York agreeable to promise I beg
Excuse my thus troubling Respectfully W.J. W. J. Forbes to Walt Whitman, [1880]
I was speaking to you in regard. to my appointment for Sailmaker in U.S. Navy.
looking after it for me. and see what you can do towards getting it for me For it has been the height of my
Will put me out of misery. and my mind content any further information Any of the clerks in the Sec of
Merchantville, in "the leafy month of June," I took occasion, one bright Sunday morning, to call and pay my
visiting Philadelphia, two or three times taken the same liberty and enjoyed the same pleasure; once with my
On my last visit to you, I was glad to see you so, apparently, much better in health than I had anticipated
you an epigram which on a certain occurrence in 1882—a proceeding disgraceful to one of These States—my
I remain, my dear S ir, very truly, your friend, (if you allow me to call you so,) L. Shoemaker.
Sunday Night Aug 31/62 My Dear Walt, I feel just like writing to you.
I together with my dear wife have had lots of hard experiences—ill health, sickness of children and my
is my last night at home.
My friends told me my chance for a berth in the P.O. was one in a thousand.
My heart is in the war & I ache to do something. But I can't.
Herald Office New York Feb 2 1891 My Dear Sir May we venture to hope that you will feel moved to say
"I round and finish little, if anything; and could not, consistently with my scheme.
Whitman tells us, "Ever since what might be call'd thought, or the budding of thought, fairly began in my
I felt it all as positively then in my young days as I do now in my old ones; to formulate a poem whose
My book ought to emanate buoyancy and gladness legitimately enough, for it was grown out of those elements
, and has been the comfort of my life since it was originally commenced."
evening from a week's stay at White Horse —am feeling pretty well for me—heard of your call during my
blackberries & bread & honey largely—rec'd a kind note f'm Tom Donaldson —am sitting here the same old way in my
(I think I see my friends smiling at this confession, but I was never more in earnest in my life.)
The rebel Captain then shot him—but at the same instant he shot the Captain.
I can say that in my ministerings I comprehended all, whoever came in my way, Northern or Southern, and
Also, same Reg't., my brother, Geo. W.
Let me try to give my view.
GOOD-BYE MY FANCY.
My health is somewhat better, and my spirit at peace.
Indeed all my ferry friends—captain Frazee the superintendent, Lindell, Hiskey, Fred Rauch, Price, Watson
my ear.
Gilchrist—friends of my soul—stanchest friends of my other soul, my poems. ONLY A NEW FERRY BOAT.
O Captain! my Captain!............................
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O CAPTAIN! my captain!
Leave you not the little spot, Where on the deck my captain lies. Fallen cold and dead. O captain!
my captain!
My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse
, with bends and chutes; And my Illinois fields, and my Kansas fields, and my fields of Missouri; The
My limbs, my veins dilate; The blood of the world has fill'd me full—my theme is clear at last: —Banner
VIGIL strange I kept on the field one night, When you, my son and my comrade, dropt at my side that day
WHILE my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long, And my head on the pillow rests
See, my cantabile!
myself in memory of Poe, which I have obeyed; but not the slightest impulse to make a speech, which, my
Even my own objections draw me to him at last; and those very points, with his sad fate, will make him
That figure of my lurid dream might stand for Edgar Poe, his spirit, his fortunes, and his poems—themselves
indeed fill me best and most, and will longest remain with me, of all the objective shows I see on this, my
Cincinnati and Chicago, and for thirty years, in that wonder, washed by hurried and glittering tides, my
Here in this very Denver, if it might be so, I should like to cast my lot, above all other spots, all
STARTING NEWSPAPERS (ANOTHER ACCOUNT) Reminiscences —( From the "Camden Courier." )—As I sat taking my
As I cross'd leisurely for an hour in the pleasant night-scene, my young friend's words brought up quite
How it made my heart double-beat to see my piece on the pretty white paper, in nice type.
My first real venture was the "Long Islander," in my own beautiful town of Huntington, in 1839.
I enjoy'd my journey and Louisiana life much.
President Lincoln's Funeral Hymn O Captain! My Captain! (for the Death of Lincoln) Pioneers!
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! (F OR THE EATH OF INCOLN CAPTAIN ! my Captain! our fearful trip is done!
Leave you not the little spot Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain!
my Captain! rise up and hear the bells! Rise up!
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still: My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse
.; ∗ The reader will share my wish that Whitman had written sanctus spiritus, which is right, instead
The recherché or ethereal sense of the term, as used in my book, arises probably from the actual Calamus
my Captain!
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN ! my Captain!
O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain!
my Captain!
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse
My position in reference to the case, as having been consulted in it in my private professional capacity
To the President: Sir: I find on file in my office certain charges against Luther C.
the matter of the Government subsidy to the Union Pacific Railroad in a few days, as I have formed my
In the meantime, the result to which I have come enables me to say that, in my opinion, the conditions
Clay having brought to my notice the subject of the proceedings, now or heretofore pending against you
Letcher, came to my hands only this morning, in consequence of my absence from the city.
trial, with such counsel as shall represent the defendant there, in conformity to the suggestions of my
Sir: Your letter of the 26th ultimo submits for my opinion this question: May a Consul retain for his
After an examination of the statutes relating to the subject, and to which you have directed my attention
that he will be in attendance at the Court in Richmond, prepared to make the arrangement suggested in my
The term commences on Monday, the 23d inst., I learn, and not the 25th as has heretofore been my impression
Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 16th inst. calling my attention to the case of Hosmer v. the
My purpose at present is, to request that you will send me, if you still have connection with this matter
S. shall be taken in the matter, without communicating with me, and receiving my instructions.
as District Attorney during this vacancy, I have no person to address to accomplish the objects of my
What I may find it possible, or think it my duty to do, in regard to a personal participation in the
matter at Richmond, it is quite out of my power at present to determine; as my preparations for the ensuing
term of the Supreme Court of the United States, on special assignment, requiring my personal attendance
—The object of my present communication is to advise you of the probability of such a rule requiring
Come directly to my house. Please answer by telegraph when I may expect you. Wm. M. Evarts.
Sir: Your letter of the 15th Dec. inst. calls my attention to a certain course of proceedings of Mr.
Your letter also calls my attention to the supposed authority which you had, in consequence of or in
In a personal interview during your visit to Washington immediately after my reception of your letter
of making good the assurances of the government, in this sense and to this extent, I considered it my
I beg to enclose a copy of my letter to the Dist. Attorney, for your information.
the representative of the claimants, to agree upon such a presentation of the facts as will raise for my
Should this anticipation be realized, it will be my pleasure as well as my duty, to give early consideration
the court to advance it for argument, & named the first Tuesday in February as the earliest day that my
previous engagments in court would permit of my attention to the argument, and as being probably as
Egins is strongly pressed upon my attention as justly requiring the interposition of the Executive clemency
I should not take the liberty of again referring the subject to you, after your reply to my former reference
examination of the affidavits presented to me, on behalf of the prisoner made a considerable impression upon my
I am unwilling however to proceed upon my own impression in this regard, notwithstanding my respect for
I regret that other occupations have prevented my giving earlier attention to the application.
rendered in relation to the title of League Island, sent to me in your letter of the 5th ultimo for my
opinion as to the reasonableness of the charge; and to say that in my opinion Fifteen hundred dollars
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th ultimo, requesting me to give you my
While I would be very happy to give my individual opinion upon this subject, if I were possessed of the
which is one of fact and not of law, and therefore not within the scope of the authority and duty of my
Joseph Conrad, Captain 29th U. S.
If your Department, however, should not regard it proper to pay this judgment, I should deem it my duty
City The subject to which your letter refers had received my official attention some days since, and
My dear Sir: I have received two communications from you, having date, respectively, January 28th, ult
the 4th inst. that you have some purpose of publishing these letters—and you intimate a desire for my
either officially or personally, I cannot consent to be made a party, and should decline, if I had my
It is not in my power to assign you so early a day. Will write by mail. Wm. M.
together with a Report thereon by the Examiner of Claims in your Dept., and requesting an expression of my
This reference presents, as I conceive, purely a question of fact for my determination, and such a question
the Court of Claims, which has been dismissed with your consent, pursuant to the advice contained in my
Gomez, omitted in my communication of the 13th inst. I have the honor to be, &c. &c. &c. Wm. M.
Before undertaking to comply with the requisition upon me of this Resolution, which it would be my pleasure
—It will, therefore, be entirely out of my power to furnish any part of this information concerning convictions
information, sought for the means of comparison between the convictions and pardons, & as it is wholly out of my
to the Senate to submit myself to its direction as to whether the partial information which it is in my