FEINBERG/WHITMAN             LITERARY FILE         POETRY FILE 
Box 26 Folder 5                      "After the Dazzle of Day" (1888). A.MS.S. draft.

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1888 Feb. After the Dazzle of Day: poem. A.MS.s. (1p. 14 x 14½
    cm.)

Written in ink on one side of a sheet of note paper, this 4-line
verse was [sent] (according to a legend in purple: 'Sent to Herald')
'pub. early in Feb. '88'. It is signed: Walt Whitman'.
In the lower right-hand corner is the notation: 'For Francis
Howard Williams / May 1896 / Traubel'.After the dazzle of Day

After the dazzle of day is gone
Only the dark dark night shows
    to my eyes the stars;
After the clangor of organ majestic,
     or chorus, or perfect band,
Silent, athwart my soul, moves the
     symphony true.

 Walt Whitman

[*For Francis Howard Williams
May 1896 Franbel *]
[early in Feb '88]

Pub. in 
early in Feb. '88

[*Sent to Herald*]