![]() ![]() On, Whitman registered the title Leaves of Grass with the clerk of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and received its copyright. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades-the first, published in 1855, a small book of twelve poems and the last, published in 1892, a compilation of over 400. Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it many times. ![]() Whitman’s poems are a celebration of his philosophy of life and his love of nature, rich in both sexual and sensual imagery. One of the most important items held in the Crewe Collection in Trinity College Library is a first edition of Leaves of Grass, a collection of poetry by the American writer Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Walt Whitman, an engraving by Samuel Hollyer in the first edition of Leaves of Grass ![]()
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