With substantial additions and revisions this evolved into section 37 of "Calamus" in ; after further revision it became "A Leaf for Hand in Hand" in Whitman penciled in the number 15 in the lower-left corner. Originally poem XI in the sequence "Live Oak, with Moss" with the Roman numeral ornamentally drawn , this was revised to become section 36 of "Calamus" in In Whitman retitled the poem "Earth!
On one leaf of white wove paper cut down to 9. Pinholes at top and in center. Whitman numbered the leaf 13, in pencil, in the lower-left corner. The excised top portion of the leaf became the bottom section of page 2 of 1: On a composite leaf of white wove paper consisting of two sections 8. Both sections are in black ink but, as Bowers notes, the lower verses were inscribed using a darker, thicker pen; the upper section is unrevised, but the lower section bears several alterations in the original ink.
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Pinholes at top of both sections and in the current center. Whitman numbered the page 9, in pencil, in the lower-left corner. A blue pencil mark, possibly the number 4, has been inscribed in the upper right corner. Bowers notes that the page bears the imprint of a papermaker's lozenge die, perhaps that of Platner and Smith of Lee, Massachusetts.
This poem became section 39 of "Calamus" in ; in Whitman replaced the third line with a new one and permanently retitled the poem "Sometimes with One I Love. On one leaf of white wove paper 15 x 9 cm , in black ink, with revisions in the same ink and in pencil. Whitman also penciled in the page number 16 in the lower-left corner. This page bears the same papermaker's mark as 1: Twelfth in the original sequence "Live Oak, with Moss" with ornamental Roman numeral , it became section 42 of "Calamus" in In Whitman changed the poem to an apostrophe, adding the first line "O Boy of the West!
Pinholes mostly at the top, with a few lower down. The tenth section of the original sequence "Live Oak, with Moss" with ornamental Roman numeral , this was reformatted and renumbered but otherwise left unrevised as section 43 of "Calamus" in One one leaf of lined light blue wove paper 17 x 9. Only two sets of pinholes, both in center. This was revised to become section 40 of "Calamus" in ; in it was retitled "That Shadow, My Likeness.
To one a century hence, or any number of centuries hence Whitman Archive ID: On one composite leaf of pink paper formed of two sections 10 x 13 and The poem number was originally and then changed to ; this number was deleted and the current? Bowers explains that the poem, in two discrete verse sections and inscribed in black ink with title , originally occupied one full side of this leaf.
The new first section is written and revised in light ink.
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The verses on the recto, while not published word-for-word until , seem to represent an early draft of the poem first published as number 13 of the cluster "Leaves of Grass" in the Leaves of Grass , and eventually titled "You Felons on Trial in Courts. The undeleted notes on the back are titled "Poems". A cartoon hand in the left margin points to the phrase "religious emotions. A section of the notes below the rest beginning "spirituality—the unknown, There is that Whitman Archive ID: A small scrap of prose that would make its way into a footnote for "Carlyle From American Points of View," which was first printed in Specimen Days Although Edward Grier states that the handwriting on the scrap indicates a date in the s, the essay was not published until its inclusion in Specimen Days.
Carlyle from American points of view Repository ID: At the top of the draft, Whitman indicates that the piece was originally submitted for publication in the North American Review on 20 May , but was rejected. This manuscript contains a draft version of a poem appearing with two alternative titles: A note at bottom states "Sent to Lippincotts.
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Old Age's Lambent Peaks An edited proof sheet with three poems: In addition to corrections, Whitman has written a note to the printer at the top of the page. Also included is an envelope with "printer's proofs, short poems, Walt Whitman, , autographic " written on it. This manuscript contains a draft version of a poem entitled "A Carol-Cluster at 69" which was likely composed and edited around the time of its first publication in the New York Herald , May 21, Diaries, —, hospital notebooks 2 vols.
A draft advertisement, with information about price, binding and contents, for the Centennial Edition of Leaves of Grass , published in The manuscript is almost identical with the exception of "Italian boards" instead of "Italian card" to a manuscript held at the University of Virginia see uva.
MS 4to 29 Date: This note for a poem about the devil is possibly related to the poem "Chanting the Square Deific," which was first published in The scrap has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with "And there a hunter's camp," " written for the voice ," and "Poem of Sadness. The recto verses appearing on this manuscript became the main section 9 of "Enfans d'Adam" in and were retitled "Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City" in On the verso appear two fragments: The undeleted verse is upside-down relative to the deleted section. Although the repository labels this manuscript as a draft of the Preface to the Leaves of Grass , it appears to have been written in the mids and was potentially intended as the opening inscription to the edition of Leaves Whitman has written "Inscription, to precede Leaves of Grass, when finished" at the top of the first leaf.
While the poem in this form was never published, the line describing the Greek god Kronos as "brown-skinned" may have led to a similar description in "Chanting the Square Deific," which first appeared in Sequel to Drum-Taps in MS 12mo 61 Date: A scrap of poetry with lines that contributed both to the poem ultimately titled "Thoughts [Of these years I sing MS 4to Date: This manuscript contains a list of suggestions for titles poems or clusters of poems, including "The States," "Prairies," "Prairie Spaces," "Prairie Babes," and "American Chants.
They do not seem to me Whitman Archive ID: This manuscript is a draft of lines that were published in "Chants Democratic," number 13, in the edition of Leaves of Grass. That poem was later revised and published as "Laws for Creations"; however, the lines on this manuscript are a draft of the section of the poem that was deleted after the publication. The first two verses, taken more or less directly from a prose manuscript, "[Of Biography]," have no revisions, but the remaining three verses represent a significant expansion of the themes in the prose notes and are extensively revised. These verses, which precede "[Walt Whitman's law]" in the composition process, correspond, like "[Of Biography]," to section 13 of the version of the poem "Chants Democratic and Native American" which was revised and permanently retitled "Laws for Creations" in The first line "Come, I have now to tell you" revises and expands on another manuscript "To a Literat".
These lines were eventually revised to form section 13 of the version of the poem "Chants Democratic" which was revised and permanently retitled "Laws for Creations" in The laid paper was originally the last page of a letter; a few illegible words and part of a signature can be seen dimly through the back of the composite leaf. Whitman wrote his lines on the verso of the page after turning it sideways. These lines have no known relation to any published Whitman poem. Note suggesting a cluster of poems about "the passion of Woman-Love," along with a few trial lines, all apparently related to the cluster "Enfans d'Adam" retitled "Children of Adam" in A Christmas Greeting This manuscript of "A Christmas Greeting" was apparently intended for the printer, as there are few alterations.
In right hand corner is notation in red: Written in pencil on a tan piece of paper cut from a larger sheet, words with the title "A North Star [page torn] South. A proof of "A Christmas Greeting" with several corrections. A proof with three emendations and a notation by Horace Traubel: Citizens took by mutual agreement Whitman Archive ID: A scrap of prose discussing the building of sidewalks in Brooklyn. The writing has no known connection to Whitman's published work.
The cancelled lines on the back of this leaf loc. Since the poetic lines have been crossed out and the prose has not, it's likely that the prose was written later, but likely not much later, based on the similarity of the handwriting. Therefore, this manuscript was likely written around A faint horizontal line beneath part of "A City Walk," along with the words' capitalization and central position on the page, indicate that Whitman may have contemplated using the words as the title of an independent poem.
The closest he came to this title was "City of Walks and Joys," the name he originally assigned to "Calamus" 18 in his "Blue Book" revisions of the edition of Leaves of Grass. This title was changed in the "Blue Book" to "City of orgies, walks and joys" and finally became "City of Orgies" in the edition.
The manuscript also suggests making a list of things seen while "crossing the ferry," an idea later developed and published in "Sun-Down Poem" in the edition of Leaves. The poem was retitled "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" in Both parts of the title are underlined. A wavy line appears at the foot of that section. The word "Original" at the head of the upper section suggests that Whitman was sketching out a new poem for a revised edition of Leaves of Grass.
If it was the edition, as his style of inscription here appears to indicate, it is possible that this leaf could represent an early stage of the poem that would eventually become "City of Orgies", City of my walks and joys Whitman Archive ID: On a composite leaf consisting of two pieces of white wove paper. The smaller section is pasted over some lines in the top-left corner of the larger piece, from the top of which other lines were cut off.
The verses became section 18 of "Calamus" in the edition of Leaves of Grass ; the poem was permanently titled "City of Orgies" in On the reverse of the leaf uva. Part of the word "Leaves" appears in the lower right corner of the verso. On the verso, in blue pencil, appears a note, reading "Drum Taps—City of Ships" which appears to be in Whitman's hand. This may indeed have been a draft of the poem "City of Ships," which first appeared in as part of the independent publication Drum-Taps , but the similarities to the lines on another manuscript in the University of Virginia collection and lack of references to the Civil War indicate that it was inscribed prior to the publication of the the edition of Leaves of Grass.
A Civility too long neglected Date: A starry midnight Whitman Archive ID: A Clear Midnight Date: A draft of a poem entitled "A starry midnight," published as "A Clear Midnight" in At the top is a note in blue pencil that reads "? Draft and trial lines probably written around The lines that appear in this manuscript also were published posthumously as "Supplement Hours," a poem that formed part of a cluster entitled "Old Age Echoes," included in an edition of Leaves of Grass compiled by Whitman's literary executors and published in Boston: The first line begins "Sane, easy, homely.
Notes where wild bees flitting hum Whitman Archive ID: This manuscript was likely written around as Whitman was drafting the poem "A Clear Midnight," first published in Leaves of Grass in The manuscript consists of two drafts of lines unpublished in Whitman's life, but which appeared in other manuscript drafts with lines that were published as "A Clear Midnight. Gossip of Early Candle Light Date: Draft lines of the poem, "A Clear Midnight," which appeared slightly revised in the — edition of Leaves of Grass. Williams" dated December 2, The poem was first published in Draft and trial lines of a poem unpublished in Whitman's lifetime, though published posthumously as "Supplement Hours.
The first line begins "The lesson done. The subtitle reads "Notes by a half-paralytic. Drafts and trial lines of the poem "Supplement Hours," first published posthumously in On the verso is a prose manuscript recalling Whitman's years in Washington during and after the Civil War. The prose manuscript has no known relationship to his published work.
Clover and Hay Perfume Date: Various scraps of paper pasted together to form three separate leaves.
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Literary, Undated, These Days Date: Ten pieces of manuscript Repository ID: It appears that originally the two leaves were pasted together as one piece, but have since come apart. On the verso of page two is a draft of an unpublished poem entitled "The Soul and the Poet," which may be a draft of the poem "Come, said my Soul," the epigraph for the , —, and — editions of Leaves of Grass. Go, said his Soul to a Poet. Later the poem was used, without title, as the title-page epigraph for Leaves of Grass.
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These lines appear to be very early ideas connected with the poem first published as "Come, said my Soul" in the Christmas number of the New York Daily Graphic , December , then in the New York Tribune , February 19, This poem, signed by Whitman, became the title-page epigraph of Leaves of Grass , and The verso is blank. A signed draft, heavily revised, of the untitled poem that Whitman used for some printings of Leaves of Grass, beginning in The date in the poet's note at the top suggests that this manuscript might represent a revision stage later than the poem's initial publication.
Come, said my Soul… Proof with signature. Signed proof page with no annotations.
Of this broad and majestic Whitman Archive ID: Two phrases and images from this manuscript appear, slightly altered, in the edition of Leaves of Grass , in the poem that would later be titled "Song of Myself. In the manuscript Whitman has added the phrase "the timothy and the clover" to a description of plants growing in a field. On page 18 of the edition of Leaves of Grass Whitman describes jumping from the crossbeams of a barn into the hay says he will "seize the clover and timothy.
On the reverse of this manuscript nyp. On one side is a draft of "The Commonplace," which was first published in manuscript facsimile in On the other side is a cancelled early draft of "Osceola," a poem first published in A copy of the March, , issue of Munson's Magazine , which includes, in manuscript facsimile, "The Commonplace. Companions Whitman Archive ID: Jotted idea for a series of poems about Whitman's various companions. This scrap has been attached by a collector or archivist to a backing sheet, together with "Poem of Young Men.
The manuscript appears to be a draft of a title or titles. The lines on the manuscript—"Embers of Ending Day," "Embers of day-fires mouldering"—are echoed in the partial line "the embers left from earlier fires" in the poem "Continuities," which was published in the New York Herald on March 20, and included in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to later printings of Leaves of Grass. On the verso is a note, dated December 28, , confirming a request for a set of Whitmans's books: This manuscript contains a draft of the poem first published in the New York Herald , March 20, with the title "Continuities".
A note at the bottom of the page states "Sent to H March 17" indicating the draft was likely completed near the time of publication. Certainties, Faith, Counterbalances, Alternation. Written in ink on the back of a discarded letter cancelled by a diagonal strike from Talcott Williams, this draft appears to be trial lines for the poem later published as "Continuities" in the New York Herald , March 20, A Contralto Voice Date: Rule in all addresses Whitman Archive ID: Literary, Rule in All Addresses.
Lines and phrases on both the recto and verso of this manuscript contributed to portions of the poem that would eventually be titled "Song of Myself". Some lines on the verso contributed to the poem that would eventually be titled "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. On the recto, the phrase "mate and companion" found its way into "Song of Myself. On the verso, several phrases of prose were later used, in somewhat revised form, in a line for "Sun-down Poem" in the edition of Leaves of Grass. In , the poem was retitled "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. Would not people laugh at me?
The idea of common people being greater than Presidents or Major Generals from the manuscript may be related to the sentence from the Preface that reads: The regular old followers Whitman Archive ID: Whitman likely wrote the building specifications on what is presented here as the last leaf of this notebook first, and then flipped the notebook over and wrote notes from the other direction. References to the San Francisco can be dated to sometime after January Selections and subjects from this notebook were used in the edition of Leaves of Grass , including phrases from the poems that would later be titled "Song of Myself" and "Song of the Answerer.
Photocopies Notebooks [before ] Date: Between about and Genre: This notebook, now lost, contains much draft material used in the edition of Leaves of Grass , in addition to a few images and phrasings that Whitman used in the second and third editions. As the folder title indicates, the notebook is currently represented by photocopied images of each page derived, apparently, from a microfilm of the original that was made in the s prior to the notebook's disappearance from the collection during World War II.
As Floyd Stovall has noted, the few datable references in this notebook e. Surfaces 9, 10, 54, and 55 bear passages that probably contributed to the first poem of the edition, eventually titled "Song of Myself," and other material, on surfaces 26, 46, 51, 54, and 58, is clearly linked to the evolution of that poem. A passage on surface 23 is also perhaps related to its development. Surfaces 11 and 12 both have material probably used as fodder for the poem "Song of the Answerer," first published as the seventh poem in the Leaves. A brief passage on surface 12 possibly contributed to the poem first published in as the fourth of the "Chants Democratic" and later retitled "Our Old Feuillage.
Passages on surfaces 17, 18, 40, 42, and 45 are likely early drafts toward lines used in "Poem of the Sayers of the Words of the Earth" , which later became "A Song of the Rolling Earth. Other passages, on surfaces 47 and 55, are likely related to that poem; those on surfaces 36, 37, 44, 45, and 47 are certainly related. Ideas and images written on surfaces 20 and 46 are likely related to the poem "Song of the Open Road," which first appeared as "Poem of the Road," and a passage on surface 24 may also be related. Some of the writing on surface 24 might also have contributed to the development of that poem.
Another passage on surface 22, as well as passages on surfaces 26, 47, and 60, are possibly related to the Preface. A different passage on surface 60 is clearly related to the Preface, and a passage on surface 45 is likely related to it. Two of the draft lines of poetry on surface 31 were used in the untitled third poem of the "Debris" cluster in the edition of Leaves of Grass.
This poem was retitled "Leaflets" in and dropped from subsequent editions. The writing on surface 41 contributed to the "Poem of Salutation," which was eventually titled "Salut au Monde! Crusades Whitman Archive ID: This manuscript bears trial lines for a poem attempting to link the crusades to America. While other manuscripts and published works share similarities in topic and idea, a direct link to any published document is unknown. The verso contains a cancelled list of references to letters in the House Executive Documents, 38th Cong. Other dated materials containing notes on the crusades suggest this manuscript was likely composed around Liverpool Central Library Repository Title: The dalliance of the eagles Whitman Archive ID: The poem was first published in the November issue of Cope's Tobacco Plant and became one of the new poems in the edition of Leaves of Grass , where it appeared in the cluster "By the Roadside.
Watkins" on the verso, but almost identical to one attributed by Henry Scholey Saunders, author of Walt Whitman Photographs , to the studio of Frederick Gutekunst in Philadelphia, and reproduced in the pocket edition of Leaves of Grass. The Dalliance of the Eagles On a surface made by pasting together six scraps of paper back of a discarded envelope from Geo. Woodhull and Son, Law Offices, Camden, postmarked Apr 6; back of a discarded letter, dated New York, March 29, ; and other scraps , a late draft of the poem "The Dalliance of the Eagles," about words, showing a few minor variations from the first-published version of These lines were later revised and published as "The Dalliance of the Eagles" in Written in ink on a proof of "The Dalliance of the Eagles," "Ah, little knows the Laborer," "Hast never come to thee an hour?
Lighten the Labor for Mother. Dante Whitman Archive ID: A prose note about Italian writer Dante Alighieri — A heavily revised draft fragment, composed of several scraps of paper pasted together to form two leaves. The notes found on the first leaf were used in "Preface, , to the two-volume Centennial Edition of L.
Both of these pieces were eventually included in Complete Prose Works Hatteras appear on the verso of the second leaf. Newspaper clipping and notes regarding wildflowers that bloom in early spring. This item was likely created in conjunction with Whitman's composition of "Days at J. A note at top of the page states "sent Herald March 8" indicating that the draft was likely composed around the time of publication. On the verso appears part of a letter with Houghton Mifflin Publishers letterhead. The Dead Tenor Written in pencil on a small page from a notebook, on which is pasted a clipping from a newspaper about the funeral of Signor Brignoli and the reaction of Patti, pinned to an unmarked proof of "The Dead Tenor," thirty words: Proof of "The Dead Tenor," with notations and corrections in Whitman's hand.
The Dead Tenor Date: Signed draft of "The Dead Tenor," approximately 14 lines, written on several scraps pasted together.
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A newspaper clipping with the death notice of Pasquale Brignoli is pasted in the bottom lefthand corner. The poem was first published on 8 November in the Critic and reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex of Leaves of Grass — Whitman was inspired to write the poem by the death of Pasquale or Pasqualino Brignoli — , a tenor who made his New York debut in and remained a popular favorite for twenty years. According to Horace Traubel, Whitman appears to have known Brignoli.
On the verso can be found various writings, including an earlier draft of The Dead Tenor, part of a letter to Whitman from Charles F. Blanch, and an unidentified prose jotting by Whitman. A five-line draft of a poem, entitled "A Death-Bouquet," which was never published and has an unknown relationship to Whitman's published work.
Glover] Whitman Archive ID: One manuscript leaf, inscribed on both sides, describing a young soldier who died after being wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness during the Civil War. Most of the writing is in an unknown hand, possibly that of "R. Foote," whose name appears on the manuscript. Handwritten notes about Abraham Lincoln, most likely intended for use in Whitman's lecture, "Death of Abraham Lincoln.
Bates had quoted a letter from Lincoln to General Joseph Hooker, making note of Lincoln's characteristic "homely but pointed similes" 13— Whitman also notes pages reproducing the Gettysburgh Address, as well as Edward Everett's remark to Lincoln about the power of his twenty lines — Whitman delivered his lecture about Lincoln in New York in and would deliver it at least eight other times over the succeeding years. This manuscript contains what could be a preparatory note for the lecture "Death of Abraham Lincoln" delivered in New York in , in Philadelphia in and in Boston in Portions of this lecture had been originally published as "Abraham Lincoln's Death.
Sketch over rapidly Whitman Archive ID: These appear to be fairly early notes about the general structure of the talk, rather than an actual draft. Whitman first delivered this lecture in New York in and would deliver it at least eight other times over the succeedings years, delivering it for the last time on April 15, Manuscript notes and clippings of printed prose gathered by Whitman in a homemade notebook created from a copy of John Dunbar Hylton's, Bride of Gettysburg Whitman appears to have used this book as a notebook in preparation for his lecture, "Death of Abraham Lincoln.
Manuscript notes attached to a scrap of printed prose, both of which relate to Whitman's Lincoln lecture, titled "Death of Abraham Lincoln. A late draft of "Death of Abraham Lincoln. Though Whitman delivered this lecture for the first time in April , based on the letters which comprise the versos of this manuscript, this draft was not composed until some time after March Notes for the lecture on the death of Abraham Lincoln that Whitman delivered in Philadelphia on April 15, The notes consist of clippings from earlier printings of the lecture with a few handwritten revisions.
This manuscript contains a passage that appears almost verbatim in "Walt Whitman's Last Public," included within the Memoranda section of Complete Prose Works published in In the piece, written in third person, Whitman describes the speech he gave on the 25th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death at the Art Rooms, in Philadelphia, on April 15, , and the passage appearing in this manuscript is reported to be the literal opening address of the talk.
We don't have certainty that this is true, though, as we do not have a written version of the talk. Some phrases in this version also bear resemblance with the printed version of the lecture "Death of Abraham Lincoln," delivered in New York in , in Philadelphia in and in Boston in Portions of this lecture were also originally published as "Abraham Lincoln's Death. Written in pencil at the bottom of a proof of "As One by One Withdraw the Lofty Actors," a thirteen-line poem on President Grant's death, with a printed signature, four words: As it has a memorandum in WW's hand, I know you will like to have it.
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