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The master : autograph manuscript of the poem, ca. 1866.

BIB_ID
378223
Accession number
MA 1304.31
Creator
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Display Date
ca. 1866.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 11.8-20.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of autograph manuscripts and letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 1304 for details.
The first stanza is crossed out; "O name above all other names" is the first line of the second stanza in the manuscript. The published poem begins, "Immortal love, forever full"; a line similar to this appears on the last page of this manuscript ("A love of God, forever full")
The title appears as "The Master" on the first page and "Our Master" on the last page. The poem was published as "Our Master."
With revisions.
Provenance
Samuel T. Pickard; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.