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id: 30342
title: Whitman: A Study
author: Burroughs, John
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  Whitman was not a poet by elaboration, but by suggestion; not an artist by Whitman the poet of "democracy," or of "personality," or of "the modern," things, the real man, which we get in Whitman. life, nature, are poetical to us, Whitman will not be. no book," he says: "who touches this touches a man." In one sense Whitman concrete life, not as poet or artist, but simply as man. so-called nature-poets, but because he has the quality of things in the Passing from such a poet as Tennyson to Whitman is like going from a warm, Whitman''s ideal poet is the most composite man, rich in temperament, rank One of the key-words to Whitman both as a man and a poet is the word Whitman wants to be a man, and to get at the meaning and value of life. the common man, common life, common things, but always does the poet stand


id: 31027
title: Walt Whitman, Yesterday & Today
author: Legler, Henry Eduard
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  humanity, and calls his free speech the true utterance of a man; we "Grass," said the writer, making the title of the book his including all of the four hundred poems bearing Whitman''s authorship Had Whitman omitted the few poems whose titles are given here, There have been six editions of Whitman''s complete writings, and Whitman''s authorship of Leaves of Grass, the Secretary characterized the book as "full of indecent passages," the author was termed "a very pleasure, of good and evil, Nature develops man; genius also, earlier volume Songs before Sunrise, addressed a long poem, To Walt Whitman and his book is his own. More sorrowful than death is thy soul. From thy great message must come light for the bettering days, Loving my plain as thou thy sea, For thee, Thy Soul and Body spent for me, We crown thee Poet Laureate on this thy natal day.


id: 31781
title: The Bibliography of Walt Whitman
author: Shay, Frank
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  success of "Leaves of Grass." Osgood published all the work of the New certain "special" and "author''s" editions were published by Whitman as After Whitman''s death Small, Maynard & Company, of Boston, became the Duodecimo, blue cloth, uncut; half-title, portrait with Duodecimo, green cloth, uncut; title, contents, preface, x; One Walt Whitman in the Author''s autograph.] Author''s Edition, with Whitman.] Author''s Edition. By Walt Whitman, Author''s Copyright Edition [device]. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman: Preface to the Original Edition, 1855 By Walt Whitman, author of "Leaves of Grass." Duodecimo, paper wrappers, uncut; portrait, title, contents, pp. The Poems of Walt Whitman (selected), with Introduction 18 mo, blue cloth, paper label, uncut; portrait, title, Complete (portrait) Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855-1888. 12 mo, cloth, paper label, uncut; title, contents, preface, pp. Octavo, green cloth, uncut; portrait, title, poem, author''s 102, "Leaves of Grass," edition of 1892.] Published


id: 12933
author: Hubbard, Elbert
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  man find the inspiration for carrying forward his great work? stage when the man says, "I always believed it." And so the good old public dining-room, and not a day passes but men and women of note sit at "Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great." Many men have written good books and never tasted fame; but few, like One of America''s great men, in a speech delivered not long ago, said, womanly woman: lives because she ministered to the needs of a great man. influential friends; who had few books and little time to read; who knew "I wish you''d come oftener--I see you so seldom, lad," said the old man, Then after a great, long time Victor Hugo came and lived in the house. look out of the window, he should live in Lant Street, said a great little really good work done than live long and do nothing to speak of.

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  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great


id: 35395
title: The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman
author: Gilchrist, Anne (Anne Burrows)
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  As a matter of fact, the first love-letter from Anne Gilchrist to Walt year before Mrs. Gilchrist addressed her first letter to Whitman. And the time will come when man will understand that a woman''s soul wanderings, dear Friend, enfolding you day and night, soul & body, with write that letter dear Friend after you have been to Dartmouth[14]--for I letter comes & many days after--how light hearted & alert I set about my I shall be thinking of your great & dear Mother in her beautiful old age, I wish I could send you good letters, dearest Friend, have been a little while in America & have made friends & had time to look beautiful letter--that young man is indeed, as he says, like a bit out of Thank you, dear friend, for your letter; how I should indeed like to see Please give my love to your sister, and tell her that her good letter


id: 35725
author: Whitman, Walt
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  I suppose Jeff got quite a long letter I wrote, from camp, about a week get one meal a day, and know that mother and all are in good health, and Mother, my last letter home was a week ago to-day--we are having a dark _Washington, April 28, 1863._ DEAREST MOTHER--A letter from Jeff came this Dear mother, I have not heard from George himself; but I got a letter from write soon to Jeff a good long letter--I have wanted to for some time, but _Washington, Tuesday morning, June 9, 1863._ DEAREST MOTHER--Jeff''s letter affecting thing you ever see, the lots of poor sick and wounded young men _Washington, Monday morning, June 22, 1863._ DEAR MOTHER--Jeff''s letter _Washington, Aug. 11, 1863._ DEAR MOTHER--I sent Jeff a letter on O mother, who do you think I got a letter from, two or three days ago? Dear mother, I think twenty times a day about your sickness.

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  The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion


id: 36305
title: A Day with Walt Whitman
author: Byron, May
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  A DAY WITH WALT WHITMAN. clear grey-blue eyes were bright with a "wild-hawk look,"--his face was outdoor Nature, has approximated so closely as Whitman to the "shows of humiliating lesson one learns, in serene hours, of a fine day or night. man or woman with the open air, the trees, fields, changes of seasons--the sun by day and the stars of heaven by night." And, while The big grey man expanded almost visibly in the sun-steeped air, as he And thus, all Whitman''s finest poems have a processional air, like the light, air, trees, etc., is not to be realized through eyes and mind life of the woods, the strong day''s work, life of the woods, the strong day''s work, One last longing, loving look he cast upon the creek before returning In the day, in the night, to all, to each, O day and night, passage to you!


id: 34417
title: Walt Whitman: An Address
author: Ingersoll, Robert Green
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  poetic thought, as Colonel Ingersoll described him, young and old, men slavery, or any kind or form of injustice, to produce a great poet. man, born within the sound of the sea, gave to the world a book, message to the world--full of thought, philosophy, poetry and music. to examine this book and to state, in a general way, what Walt Whitman If I were to edit the great books of the world, I might leave out some Walt Whitman had the courage to express his thought--the candor to tell The great poets have sympathized with the people. Walt Whitman utters the elemental truths and is the poet of democracy. Walt Whitman is the poet of Individuality--the defender of the rights The great poetry of the world keeps time with the winds and the waves. It is a great thing to preach philosophy--far greater to live it.


id: 38889
title: Literary Shrines: The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors
author: Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
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  Thoreau''s house, not far from the recent hermit-home of his friend Below the Thoreau-Alcott house on the village street was a prior home of Motley, Lowell, Holmes, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and others. Hawthorne''s time stood nearest the house remain; the producers of the Hemlocks--Haunts of Hawthorne--Channing--Thoreau--Emerson, etc._ Hemlocks--Haunts of Hawthorne--Channing--Thoreau--Emerson, etc._ lived next door Hawthorne came but twice into his house: the first time Boston home of Hawthorne; to it came Emerson, Longfellow, and Whittier A modest, old-fashioned house on Beacon Street has long been the home of Lloyd Garrison spent his last years, and in this neighborhood lived Mrs. Blake, poet of "Verses Along the Way." Here also are the early home of old Salem and the scenes of Hawthorne''s early life, work, and triumph. Hawthorne and his friend lingered in summer days, we look away to Of the simple home-life at the little red house, Hawthorne''s diaries and


id: 42281
title: Walt Whitman in Mickle Street
author: Keller, Elizabeth Leavitt
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  out from view the later home life of Walt Whitman." Walt Whitman and Mrs. Davis were not personally acquainted. Seeing how matters stood, Mrs. Davis, at that time a "strong, Walt Whitman''s indispensable "housekeeper, nurse and friend"--or, from said: "Walt Whitman''s friends rarely visited him without having a good conditions upon a woman like Mrs. Davis, living in the house itself and have always lived in Camden--when a short time ago poor old Mr. Whitman, Mrs. Davis always dreaded Mr. Whitman''s New York visits, and this and at Mr. Whitman''s request Mrs. Davis did most of this; but there When Mr. Whitman was supposed to be dying, Mrs. Davis had in a way Mrs. Davis''s friends, many of Mr. Whitman''s, and a Davis, who nursed Walt Whitman, the "Good Gray Poet," After the death of Whitman Mrs. Davis resided for a short time at No.


id: 44973
title: Stray Pebbles from the Shores of Thought
author: Gould, Elizabeth Porter
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  On that blest summer day in the years long ago, They''d have met a fair soul from the earth just set free Love songs sweet and low, All nature finds a joy in loving-Thy love is life to keep me Breathed forth with true love''s gentle art! Sing too, little bird, what my heart sings to-day. Thou can''st bear it to him in the fragrance loved best. Love''s sweet and tender flower Of love''s sweet hour, O joy, love''s hour is here. Of love''s death-hour, But sometime, sure as God is love and truth, With a heart full of love both to God and to man, Life ending on earth is but heaven begun. So gently winds my loving thought through memory''s changing scenes, Needs heaven''s light to round God''s plan. Inspired by loving hand or heart, For a human love''s sweet petting I''ve all my life loved others,


id: 56536
title: A Life of Walt Whitman
author: Binns, Henry Bryan
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  years ago, the time has not yet come for a final and complete life The first four years of his life, little Walt spent at West Hills. In a word, New York life was still natural and democratic; palaces Whitman had joined the "Barnburners" or Van Buren men of New York [Illustration: NEW ORLEANS ABOUT THE TIME OF WHITMAN''S VISIT, FROM A Thoreau carried off with him a copy of the new edition of Whitman''s Finally, in the new poems, Whitman makes more plain his attitude Early in the summer of that great struggle, Whitman returned to New purity of Whitman''s conception of love; and his book was to her like love and his self-revealing poems, Walt Whitman lived his life apart old and new, Whitman paid his second visit to Boston. Whitman met many friends, new and old, upon this visit, but of the from the life-work of Whitman.


