Content:
A proof of "As Consequent,
Etc.
," with cancelled title. This proof is housed at the Library of Congress with another, similarly marked, proof of "As Consequent,
Etc.
" (Whitman Archive ID: loc.00494) and unmarked proofs of the following poems: "From Far Dakota's Cañons,"
"A Farm Picture,"
"What Best I See on
Thee" (U.S. Grant), "The Sobbing of the Bells,"
"Italian Music in
Dakota,"
"By Broad Potomac's
Shore,"
"Excelsior,"
"With All thy
Gifts,"
"To Rich Givers,"
"The Dalliance of the
Eagles,"
"Tears,"
"After the
Sea-Ship,"
"Aboard at a Ship's
Helm," and "Thick-Sprinkled Bunting." "As Consequent,
Etc.
" was
published first in 1881.
Content:
A proof of "As Consequent,
Etc.
," with cancelled title. This proof is housed at the Library of Congress with another, similarly marked, proof of "As Consequent,
Etc.
" (Whitman Archive ID: loc.00181) and unmarked proofs of the following poems: "From Far Dakota's Cañons,"
"A Farm Picture,"
"What Best I See on
Thee" (U.S. Grant), "The Sobbing of the Bells,"
"Italian Music in
Dakota,"
"By Broad Potomac's
Shore,"
"Excelsior,"
"With All thy
Gifts,"
"To Rich Givers,"
"The Dalliance of the
Eagles,"
"Tears,"
"After the
Sea-Ship,"
"Aboard at a Ship's
Helm," and "Thick-Sprinkled Bunting." "As Consequent,
Etc.
" was
published first in 1881.
Content:
A draft of lines of "As
Consequent, Etc.," first published in the 1881 edition
of
Leaves of Grass
. On
the reverse is a letter from the Camden and Atlantic Railroad dated January 25,
1881.