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Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 1]

  • Date: 29 February 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

, and to rest his limbs, allows them to float drowsily and unresistingly on the bosom of the sunny river

Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 6]

  • Date: 11 August 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

the contrast between the drying up of some clear and narrow brook, and the extinction of an inland river

Walt Whitman to Abraham Paul Leech, 26 August [1840]

  • Date: August 26, [1840]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

as far ahead of "the fat gentleman in striped trousers," as a Baltimore clipper does beyond a North River

Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 8]

  • Date: 20 October 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Far in the north, among mountains of snow and rivers of ice, I sought what alone could gratify me.

Sun-Down Papers.—[No. 9]

  • Date: 24 November 1840
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

any doubt, when Chaos had his acquaintance cut, and the morning stars sang together, and the little rivers

The Last of the Sacred Army

  • Date: March 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

"The swamps of Santee" may refer to the fighting that took place near the Santee River in South Carolina

[We proceed this morning to]

  • Date: 5 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

For more on Sing Sing prison, see: Lee Bernstein, "The Hudson River School of Incarceration: Sing Sing

Smiling

  • Date: 4 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Striker's Bay was a large mansion-house along the Hudson River on what is now Manhattan's Upper West

Something Worth Perusal

  • Date: 7 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

It was a cheerful sight, that river.

The Latest and Grandest Humbug

  • Date: 8 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

gradual reduction of duties until the year 1842, when they were to be 20 percent, or under" (Blair and River

We

  • Date: 9 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Though we do not expect to set the North river on fire, we are free to confess, without vanity, that

About Children

  • Date: 16 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

One is the drying up of a clear transparent brooklet; and one the quenching of a river, more extensive

Life and Love

  • Date: 20 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

kindness and philosophy—sending our glance through the cool and verdant lanes, by the sides of the blue rivers

The Ocean

  • Date: 21 April 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

few days ago we were quietly treading our way among the bales, boxes and crates upon one of the East river

A Legend of Life and Love

  • Date: July 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Upon the banks of a pleasant river stood a cottage, the residence of an ancient man whose limbs were

up from opposite directions, and stood together at a tomb built on a hill by the borders of a fair river

A boy again, and in the confiding heart of a boy, I walk with Eva by the river's banks.

Franklin Evans; Or, the Inebriate. A Tale of the Times

  • Date: November 23, 1842
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

conveyance stopped was in Brooklyn, near one of the ferries that led over to the opposite side of the river

I lay upon the ground, on a pier jutting out into the river.

I raised myself on my hands and knees, and my first thought was to throw myself over into the river,

Starting at one of the eastern wharves, is a street running up from the river—a narrow, dirty street,

My walk skirted the banks of the river.

The Love of the Four Students

  • Date: December 9, 1843
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

found that she was a Swiss immigrant, a widow, and kept a little ale-house on the banks of the North river

how shall I describe the quiet beauties of the spot, with its long, low piazza looking out upon the river

The History of Long Island

  • Date: After 1842; 1843
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Benjamin F. Thompson
Text:

This bay is an irregular sheet of water, into which the Peconic River discharges itself, expanding in

Long Island is bounded on the West party by the Narrows, partly by New-York Bay and the East River, and

Atlantic Ocean, including the islands called the North and South Brother, and Riker's Island in the East River

From the battery to the mouth of Harlaem River, 8 miles, the course is N. N.

At the bend, situated opposite Harlaem River, is the noted pass or strait called Hell Gate, which is

The Fireman's Dream

  • Date: March 31, 1844
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Through the trees he occasionally caught glimpses of a majestic river; on the opposite bank of which

The gentle Violet and her son would frequently recreate themselves with a sail upon the river which passed

Thus it was: Evening had began to sprinkle her hue of gloom on the trees and the river.

Violet and her son were floating idly along the current of the river, in their boat, toward home.

Arrow-Tip

  • Date: March 1845
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

More than ten hours have I been wandering up and down the banks of the river, and through the wood, to

The house of P ETER B ROWN was situated at one end of the village, near the river, in a pleasant place

He pointed as he spoke, to a spot forty or fifty rods distant, on the same side of the river, where they

The child, then quite small, was swept away by a freshet in a river, and A RROW -T IP had dashed into

"And lest I should oversleep myself," said the boy, "come to my window, which opens toward the river,

Richard Parker's Widow

  • Date: April 1845
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

10th, the whole body of the detained merchantmen were allowed, by common consent, to proceed up the river

At four o'clock the next morning, she went to the river side to hire a boat to take her to the S ANDWICH

The Boy-Lover

  • Date: May 1845
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

clients was an elderly widow, a foreigner." who kept a little ale-house, on the banks of the North River

how shall I describe the quiet beauties of the spot, with its long low piazza looking out upon the river

They would not bury him in the city, but away—by the solitary banks of the Hudson; The Hudson River flows

Some Fact-Romances

  • Date: December 1845
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

basement—perhaps she still lives there—in one of the streets leading down from B ROADWAY to the North river

an aged black woman, a widow, occupied a basement in one of the streets leading down to the North river

The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier

  • Date: June 1, 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

More than ten hours have I been wandering up and down the banks of the river, and through the wood, to

The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier

  • Date: June 2, 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

A little and verdant grass-patch, only, intervened between them and the river, which the dwelling fronted

He pointed as he spoke, to a spot forty or fifty rods distant, on the same side of the river where they

The child, then small, was swept away by a freshet in a river, and Arrow-Tip had dashed into the foaming

The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier

  • Date: June 3, 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

"And lest I should oversleep myself," said the boy, "come to my window, which opens on the river, and

He pushed open, a small, swinging door, and stood a few minutes gazing over the river, in the direction

The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier

  • Date: June 5, 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

The young men made themselves a rude raft, and were floating down the river toward their destination—for

The Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier

  • Date: June 9, 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

through, so small was it—and gazed forth upon the land, and the trees, and a small strip of the bright river

gestures of wonder—and then both hurried away toward a path which led from the village along the river's

Literary Notices

  • Date: 26 August 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Paul's from the River,' and the 'Royal Exchange,' are unusually elegant specimens of steel engraving.

One Wicked Impulse! A Tale of a Murderer Escaped

  • Date: September 8, 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Some few miles off he could see a gleam of the Hudson river, and above it a spur of those rugged cliffs

The Literary World

  • Date: 12 October 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

graves of the dead, Down through chasms and gulfs profound, To the dreary fountain-head Of lakes and rivers

Holy Bible—illuminated: Harpers' edition

  • Date: 21 October 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

On a gentle elevation by the banks of the river flowing through the garden, stands the Human Father,

Fortunes of a Country-Boy; Incidents in Town—and His Adventure at the South

  • Date: November 17, 1846
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

conveyance stopped was in Brooklyn, near one of the ferries that led over to the opposite side of the river

[Among the embellished periodicals]

  • Date: 17 March 1847
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

proprietors of the Pictorial World, to the best artist picturing 'the baptism of Christ, by immersion in the river

Like Earth O River

  • Date: 1848
Text:

nyp.00106xxx.00522Like Earth O RiverLike Earth O River, you offer us burial1848poetry1 leafhandwritten

relate to the poem eventually titled Sailing the Mississippi at Midnight.; nyp.00736 Like Earth O River

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 30 July 1848

  • Date: July 30, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

families, start out on excursions to the country, or on some of the steamboat trips up the North or East Rivers

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 28 September 1848

  • Date: September 28, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Banvard departed yesterday for Europe, with his panoramas of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers

We have panoramic views, now, of nearly all the principal rivers of the country.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 12 October 1848

  • Date: October 12, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

A large portion of voters are like the bubbles on a river; they run just which way the current runs.

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 14 October 1848

  • Date: October 14, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

It looks somewhat ticklish, running close along the river, and often touching it, with the great mountains

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 9 December 1848

  • Date: December 9, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

As the river continues navigable, and the canals ditto, produce of all kinds remains low in price and

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 20 December 1848

  • Date: December 20, 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Hundreds of sloops, steamboats, and barges, are busily engaged now, bringing produce down the river,

Like Earth O River

  • Date: 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Like Earth O river, you offer us burial Like Existence mortal Life is your aimless hurrying on Like Time

Like Earth O River

Sailing Down the Mississippi at Midnight

  • Date: February 1848
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

.— Now drawn nigher the river's rim edge of the river Wierd Weird like creatures suddenly rise m This

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

  • Date: After 1849; 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Henry David Thoreau | Unknown
Text:

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Walt Whitman to the Editors of The Daily Crescent, 7 January 1849

  • Date: January 7, 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Ice begins to make its appearance in the East river, floating along in "pretty considerable" masses,

Number I

  • Date: 14 October 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

around—much like the sparkles of moonlight that you can see sometimes of a summer night dancing in the East River—or

any other river, I suppose when the water is smooth, and the moon bright.

Letters from a Travelling Bachelor–No. II

  • Date: 21 October 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Whitman alludes to the California Gold Rush of 1849, where the discovery of gold in the American River

Number VII

  • Date: 25 November 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

much thought of then; but the world will be just as jolly, and the sun will shine as bright, and the rivers

up town," towards the quieter and more fashionable quarters, and see great changes—but off to the rivers

You learn that, "The Aqueduct commences at the Croton river, five miles from the Hudson river, in Westchester

It crosses the Harlem river on a magnificent bridge of stone, 1,450 feet in length, with 14 piers, 7

The water is of the purest kind of river water.

Letter X

  • Date: 23 December 1849
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

STREETS—ARCHITECTURE OF THE LANDING—HOLT'S HOTEL, AND THE BUILDER—THE CLERKS—THE BOAT—VIEW FROM THE RIVER—CROSSING

Fulton Street, stretching from Brooklyn Heights into lower Manhattan separated by the East River, is

Who has crossed the East River and not looked with admiration on the beautiful view afforded from the

She too, has her high banks, and they show admirably from the river.

Soon, now, will come the time for big cakes of ice in the river.

Remembrances I plant American ground

  • Date: Between 1850 and 1855
Text:

On the reverse (duk.00884) is a list of rivers, lakes, and cities that likely contributed to Poem of

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