FEINBERG/WHITMAN   LITERARY FILE   POETRY FILE   "Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold"(1885). Proof Sheets.
Box 26 Folder 12

Published as "Washington's Monument, February, 1885."
Includes A.MS. corrections.

1885 AH THIS GRANITE
DEAD AND COLD

First proof with
autograph
corrections
& final proof
File published as 
WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT, FEBRUARY 1885.
November Boughs, 1888
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Whitman, Walt 
Ah, not this granite dead and
cold. February, 1888.
1 l. 24½ x 15 cm. 
First proof write Whitman's 
holograph correctime.
Published as Washington's monument, 
February, 1885.
Accompanied by Final proof,
1 l. 24½ x 15 cm.

[*another lead*]
AH, NOT THIS GRANITE DEAD AND COLD
Ah, not this granite, dead and cold !
Far from its base and shaft expanding—the round zones circling, 
    comprehending;
Thou, WASHINGTON, art all the world's, the continent's entire—
    not yours alone, America;
Europe's as well, in every part, castle of lord or laborer's cot,
Or frozen North, or sultry South—the Arab's in his tent—the 
    African's;
Old Asia's there with venerable smile, seated amid her ruins;
(Greets the antique the hero new? 'tis but the same—the heir 
    legitimate, continued ever,
The indomitable heart and arm—proofs of the never-broken line,
Courage, alertness, patience, faith, the same—e'en in defeat defeated 
    not, the same:)
Wherever sails a ship, or house is built on land, or day or night,
Through teeming cities' streets, indoors or out, factories or farms,
Now, or to come, or past—where patriot wills existed or exist,
Wherever Freedom, poised by Toleration, swayed by Law,
Stands or is rising thy true monument.

Walt Whitman.
February, 1885.

AH, NOT THIS GRANITE DEAD AND COLD.

Ah, not this granite, dead and cold !
Far from its base and shaft expanding—round zones circling,
     comprehending;
Thou, WASHINGTON, art all the world's, the continents entire—
     not yours alone, America;
Europe's as well, in every part, castle of lord or laborer's cot,
Or frozen North, or sultry South—the Arab's in his tent—the
     African's;
Old Asia's there with venerable smile, seated amid her ruins;
 (Greets the antique the hero new? 'tis but the same—the heir
     legitimate, continued ever,
The indomitable heart and arm—proofs of the never-broken line,
Courage, alertness, patience, faith, the same—e'en in defeat defeated 
      not, the same:)
Wherever sails a ship, or house is built on land, or day or night,
Through teeming cities' street, indoors or out, factories or farms,
Now, or to come, or past—where patriot wills existed or exist,
Wherever Freedom, poised by Toleration, swayed by Law,
Stands or is rising thy true monument.

WALT WHITMAN.

February, 1885.

AH, NOT THIS GRANITE DEAD AND COLD
Ah, not this granite, dead and cold !
Far from its base and shaft expanding—the round zones circling, 
    comprehending;
Thou, WASHINGTON, art all the world's, the continent's entire—
    not yours alone, America;
Europe's as well, in every part, castle of lord or laborer's cot,
Or frozen North, or sultry South—the Arab's in his tent—the 
    African's;
Old Asia's there with venerable smile, seated amid her ruins;
(Greets the antique the hero new? 'tis but the same—the heir 
    legitimate, continued ever,
The indomitable heart and arm—proofs of the never-broken line,
Courage, alertness, patience, faith, the same—e'en in defeat defeated 
    not, the same:)
Wherever sails a ship, or house is built on land, or day or night,
Through teeming cities' streets, indoors or out, factories or farms,
Now, or to come, or past—where patriot wills existed or exist,
Wherever Freedom, poised by Toleration, swayed by Law,
Stands or is rising thy true monument.

Walt Whitman.
February, 1885.

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