Euthanasia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Contributor:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969, former owner.

Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920, inscriber.

Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929, former owner.

Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Walt Whitman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969 (former owner) (Whitman Collection copy)

Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920 (inscription) (Whitman Collection copy)

Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929 (former owner) (Whitman Collection copy)

Physical Description:

pages 14-15 ; 21 cm

Contained In:

Kottabos new series, vol. 1, no. 1 (1888)

Notes:

Caption title.

Analyzed from Kottabos, new series, vol. 1, no. 1, Trinity college, Dublin.

Whitman's poem "Come, lovely and soothing death", lyric from "When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd", here entitled "Euthanasia", and with variations in punctuation and capitalization, is translated into Greek anapaestic form by J.I. Beare, having the title "Ω ΓΛΥΚΥΣ ΑΙΔΑΣ ΕΥΝΑΣΟΝ Μ ΕΥΝΑΣΟΝ." ("O sweet death, rest me, rest me").

Local Notes:

Whitman Collection copy sent by T.W. Rolleston to W.S. Kennedy and bears autograph note signed "T.W.R."

Whitman Collection copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 1942 from Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague.

Related Work:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd.

OCLC:

81104368