"Poetry of the Future," June 1884 A.M.s Draft

Includes Partial uerso Letter From T.wT. Battlett
June 1884. [*run in)*]

If my ambition [could might] may 
dwell on the [thought and] idea 
[confidence] of arousing a [future]
[poets mostly tallying] poetry for that future 
[the modern and] nourished within itself, worthy
[America] really American original*, [*note 15*] first-class and tallying
the modern it [could]
[would] easily resigns [the] all
[?] [ea?ot] of the work itself,
[and] or any claim thereto.Evenings Springfield Daily Union
The item said nothing as
to the price of the book.
Please let me know and
I will forward, as I not
only want the poems,
but also your autograph
with a few lines from
one of your poems - if this is
[*not asking too much]
Very Respectfully,
J W T Bartlett MD1884 June Poetry of the Future: prose. A.MS. (1P. 10.5 X 12.5 cm.)
Written in ink, with some of the corrections in red ink, on a piece of while notepaper, 63 words:

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If my ambition may dwell on the idea of arousing a poetry for that future nourished within itself, worthy really American original, note 15 first=class, and tallying the modern, it easily resigns all eclat of the work itself or any claim thereto. 

On verso is the last part of a letter (evenings "Springfield Daily Union" The item said said nothing as to the price of the book. Please let me know and I will forward, as I do not only want the poems, but also your autograph, with a few lines from one of your poems--if this is not asking too much. Very Respectfully, J W T Bartlett MD.). There is a Whitman letter of 11 June 1884 thanking Dr Bartlett, sending the $3 edn of Leaves, and asking for a receipt.