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Blaine's South American policy?" "I do, decidedly.

The United States, as the biggest and eldest brother, may well come forward and say to the South American

I think no American can object to it. I believe Blaine is going to be elected.

Would to heaven that it were so!

As he himself says:— "If these brief lays, of sorrow born, Were taken to be such as closed Grave doubts

and answers here proposed, Then these were such as men might scorn."

Children's Hospital" passionately asserting that she could not serve in the wards unless Christianity were

crouch whom the rest bade aspire. ****** Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us, Burns, Shelley, were

.* Some eight or ten years ago there was delivered to the world a volume of what were called poems by

In Walt Whitman we are called upon to recognise "the founder of American poetry rightly to be so called

By way of showing us what a superior animal is this American poet, Mr.

. . . of the questions of those recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities filled with

The performed American and Europe grow dim, retiring in shadow behind me; The unperformed, more gigantic

Whitman The poems of Walt Whitman have been much praised and wondered at in this country since they were

sometimes in that of Hiawatha , sometimes absolutely prosaic, but always original and audaciously American

In the most outward city pageant the open-eyed poet sees what the mere world-eyed mass never sees.

hive-bees, The North—the sweltering South—Assyria—the Hebrews—the Ancient of ancients, Vast, desolated cities—the

O the streets of cities! The flitting faces—the expressions, eyes, feet, cos- tumes costumes !

They were purified by death—they were taught and exalted.

Old matron of the city! this proud, friendly, turbulent city!

City of wharves and stores! city of tall façades of marble and iron! Proud and passionate city!

mettlesome, mad, extravagant city! Spring up, O city!

I loved well those cities; I loved well the stately and rapid river; The men and women I saw were all

.; ∗ This clause is obviously imperfect in some respect: it is here reproduced verbatim from the American

and in his poems after the death of the body, still a friend and brother to all present and future American

—JOHN BURROUGHS.; ∗These were the three Presidentships of Polk; of Taylor, succeeded by Filmore; and

Walt (Walter) Whitman, except the occasional brilliant scraps which English papers copy from their American

Rossetti insists that it must be taken as an altogether new poetry: as something as distinctively American

It became number 17 of the Calamus cluster in 1860, with the lines on the first leaf corresponding to

This poem later appeared as "Calamus No. 17," Leaves of Grass (1860); as "Of Him I Love Day and Night

This poem later appeared as "Calamus No. 40," Leaves of Grass (1860); as "That Shadow My Likeness," Leaves

On the back of this leaf (tul.00002) are draft lines that were used in the third poem in the first (1855

rowing—the greatest persons come—the president comes and the governors come—political economy —the American

On the back of this leaf are draft lines that were used in the third poem in the first (1855) edition

.; On the back of this leaf are draft lines that were used in the third poem in the first (1855) edition

duk.00268xxx.00621MS q 29Poem [There can be no greatest]1860 or beforepoetryprose1 leafhandwritten; Notes

going forth, seeing all the beautiful perfect things— "Nobly does ARISTOTLE observe, that if there were

immutable in all eternity; when, I say, they should see these things, truly they would believe that there were

Poem of Walt Whitman, an American. 1 — Poem of Walt Whitman, an American.

I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end, But I do not talk

If nothing lay more developed, the quahaug in its callous shell were enough.

if our colors were struck and the fighting done?

Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?

21tex.00032xxx.00701Poem of TriumphPoem of Triumphprobably between 1860 and 1880poetry1 leafhandwritten

24tex.00043xxx.00700Poem of the WoodsPoem of The Woodsprobably between 1860 and 1880poetry1 leafhandwritten

The last two phrases of this manuscript were used in the Poem of Joys, first published in the 1860 edition

The last two phrases of this manuscript appeared in "Poem of Joys" in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass

speculate on the circumstances or date of its composition, but it was probably written between 1850 and 1860

The last two phrases of this manuscript appeared in "Poem of Joys" in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass

speculate on the circumstances or date of its composition, but it was probably written between 1850 and 1860

.; The last two phrases of this manuscript were used in the "Poem of Joys," first published in the 1860

and the use of the 1855 wrapper paper, this note was likely written sometime between late 1855 and 1860

revised in ink, about the 1833 Leonid meteor shower, likely related to the poem Year of Meteors. (1859–1860

Were you thinking that those were the words — those upright lines? those curves, angles, dots?

Were you thinking that those were the words — those delicious sounds out of your friends' mouths?

with them—my qualities interpenetrate with theirs—my name is noth- ing nothing to them, Though it were

echo the tones of souls, and the phrases of souls; If they did not echo the phrases of souls, what were

If they had not reference to you in especial, what were they then?

You flagged walks of the cities! you strong curbs at the edges! You ferries!

I think heroic deeds were all conceived in the open air, I think I could stop here myself, and do miracles

Now if a thousand perfect men were to appear, it would not amaze me, Now if a thousand beautiful forms

different countries, habitues of far- distant dwellings, Trusters of men and women, observers of cities

the fruits of or- chards orchards and flowers of gardens, To take to your use out of the compact cities

You flagged walks of the cities! you strong curbs at the edges! You ferries!

I think heroic deeds were all conceived in the open air, I think I could stop here myself, and do miracles

Now if a thousand perfect men were to appear, it would not amaze me, Now if a thousand beautiful forms

to which you were destined—you hardly settle yourself to satis- faction satisfaction , before you are

To take to your use out of the compact cities as you pass through!

Let those that were prisoners take the keys! (Say!

Let the Asiatic, the African, the European, the American and the Australian, go armed against the murderous

Let there be immense cities—but through any of them, not a single poet, saviour, knower, lover!

The best farms, others toiling and planting, and he unavoidably reaps, The noblest and costliest cities

things in their attitudes, He puts today out of himself, with plasticity and love, He places his own city

ALL day I have walked the city and talked with my friends, and thought of prudence, Of time, space, reality—of

ment atonement , Knows that the young man who composedly periled his life and lost it, has done exceeding

For I think I have reason to be the proudest son alive—for I am the son of the brawny and tall-topt city

They were purified by death—they were taught and exalted.

Were all educations practical and ornamental well displayed out of me, what would it amount to?

6 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?

, the bins, mangers, mows, racks, Manufactures, commerce, engineering, the build- ing building of cities

, the trottoirs of a city when thousands of well-dressed people walk up and down, The cotton, woolen,

and the tidy and fresh-cheeked girls, and the bare-foot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city

And if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?

I knew a man, he was a common farmer, he was the father of five sons, and in them were the fathers of

sons, and in them were the fathers of sons.

and visit him to see—he was wise also, He was six feet tall, he was over eighty years old—his sons were

from head to foot, It attracts with fierce undeniable attraction, I am drawn by its breath as if I were

see the tracks of the rail-roads of the earth, I see them welding state to state, county to county, city

to city, through North America, I see them in Great Britain, I see them in Eu- rope Europe , I see them

I see the cities of the earth, and make myself a part of them, I am a real Londoner, Parisian, Viennese

ward northward in Christiana or Stockholm—or in some street in Iceland, I descend upon all those cities

What cities the light or warmth penetrates, I penetrate those cities myself, All islands to which birds

29Poem of Sadnessabout 1860poetry1 leafhandwritten; Manuscript note probably recording the idea for the 1860

A WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking, if sex were lacking,

or if the moisture of the right man were lacking.

Part of "Pictures" was published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American in October 1880 and later incorporated

uva.00294xxx.00720Poem of Names"Studies of Womanhood," [ca. 1850–1860]Between 1850 and 1860prosehandwritten1

The published version of Mediums, originally Chants Democratic No. 16 in the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves

Starting from Paumanok was published first in the 1860–1861 edition of Leaves of Grass as Proto-Leaf.

incomparable love, Plunging his semitic muscle into its merits and demerits, Making its geography, cities

, The superior marine, free commerce, fisheries, whaling, gold-digging, Wharf-hemm'd cities, railroad

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Canada, Arkansas?

Men, women, cities, nations, are only beautiful from nativity.

I will make cities and civilizations defer to me! I will confront these shows of the day and night!

transcriptions of other early manuscripts, Edward Grier speculates that Whitman wrote this before 1860

Maurice Bucke's Notes and Fragments (1899), Edward Grier speculates that Whitman wrote this before 1860

Maurice Bucke's Notes and Fragments (1899), Edward Grier speculates that Whitman wrote this before 1860

13 cm; These twenty leaves, numbered by a collector, relate to Poem of Joys, first published in the 1860

O the streets of cities! The flitting faces—the expressions, eyes, feet, cos- tumes costumes !

I saw the rich ladies in full dress at the soiree, I heard what the singers were singing so long, Heard

blank, the manuscript appears to be a set of notes he made between 1857 and 1859 while preparing the 1860

Whitman's Pictures were not published in their entirety until 1925.

Lines from the notebook were used in Song of Myself and A Song of the Rolling Earth, which appeared in

appeared as the fourth poem in the 1855 Leaves; and A Song of Joys, which appeared as Poem of Joys in the 1860

loosely to ideas expressed in the poem "A Song of Joys," first published as "Poem of Joys" in the 1860

the Crossing the Fulton ferry to-day, I met an old acquaintance, to-day whom I had missed from the city

took hold of some scheme or claim before upon the legislature, and lobbied for it;—he helped men who were

: "If I and you and the worlds and all beneath or upon their surfacees, and all the palpable life, were

What w W hat can may you conceive of or propound name to me in the future, that were a greater miracle

Lines from the notebook were used in "Song of Myself," a version of which was published in the 1855 Leaves

the fourth poem in the 1855 Leaves; and "A Song of Joys," which appeared as "Poem of Joys" in the 1860

In the 1860–1861 edition the phrase also appears in the poem To a Cantatrice (eventually titled To a

War, and was frequently used by Whitman (see Clarence Gohdes, Whitman and the 'Good Old Cause,' American

Edward Grier notes that this manuscript likely was written prior to 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished Prose

War, and was frequently used by Whitman (see Clarence Gohdes, "Whitman and the 'Good Old Cause,'" American

Notes and Fragments (1899), Edward Grier suggests that this manuscript likely was written prior to 1860

War, and was frequently used by Whitman (see Clarence Gohdes, "Whitman and the 'Good Old Cause,'" American

Notes and Fragments (1899), Edward Grier suggests that this manuscript likely was written prior to 1860

related to As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days, which was first published as Chants Democratic 21 in 1860

The Cruise]1860 or beforepoetryprose1 leafhandwritten; Scrap with what are apparently two trial versions