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I shall venerate hours and days

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Holograph literary fragments and notes for poems

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Title
I shall venerate hours and days
Additional title: Why should I subscribe money, to build some hero’s statue?
Names
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Author)
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 (Collector)
Sangorski & Sutcliffe (Binder)
Collection

Holograph literary fragments and notes for poems

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1855 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll + Whitman, Walt Holograph literary fragments
Topics
Poetry, Modern -- 19th century
American poetry -- 19th century
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Manuscripts
Notes
Content: Manuscript poem (fragment) written and revised in pencil on a scrap of white paper, undated. Text cancelled by Whitman with a vertical stroke in pencil. On the verso: Why should I subscribe money, to build some hero’s statue? manuscript poem (fragment) written and revised in pencil on a scrap of white paper, undated. In Volume III of: Walt Whitman. Holograph manuscript fragments assembled by Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke. Text
Publications: "I shall venerate hours and days" published in Leaves of Grass and Other Writings, edited by Michael Moon (New York; London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000), p. 606, with the text taken from Bucke’s Notes and Fragments
Publications: "Why should I subscribe money, to build some hero’s statue?" published in Leaves of Grass and Other Writings, edited by Michael Moon (New York; London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000), p. 614, with the text taken from Bucke’s Notes and Fragments (content)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19877231
RLIN/OCLC: 851581980
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6883f500-c5d9-012f-9f75-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1819: Creator Born
  • 1855: Created
  • 1892: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2023: Found by you!
  • 2024

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "I shall venerate hours and days" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fc1f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "I shall venerate hours and days" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fc1f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1855). I shall venerate hours and days Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fc1f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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