Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Preview
Transcription
So he lay down & howled itAnd shivered & growled itFlat & limp on a deck—chairWith naught but his nose bare--Bemoaning & sighing"Come girls I am dyingQuick tuck in my bluetoesAll ten of 'em's true frozeAnd shove grim Muir away.Shove him hard, girls I sayTo where his icebergs & glaciers & mad waters play.And while he is goingThrough this mad wind that's blowingHit him some hardy whacksChoke him with Nunataks--For in all this bad seaThere's nothing there's nothing that's too bad for he.O Cornelia & MaryI've no comfort & naryA glimpse of my York state,Soon soon I'll be Shark bait--Dorothea & Betty dearsShould it not draw some wetty tearsThat in all this cold water there's nothing for meBut losses & crosses & blank miseree.But soon a big seachange came over him,07196
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1899-10-08T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir10_1021-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 1021
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
