 I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with...  Proceedings - Էջ 165Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1875 - 80 էջ
...was her familiar friend ; the shebear her nurse and mother. She could have said with Whitman, — " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and selfcontain'd ; They do not sweat and whine about their condition ; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 էջ
...with our poet. " I think I coul.l turn anil live with animals, they are so placid and solf-contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not...They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sin3 ; They do not make mo sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied — not one is... | |
 | 1876 - 844 էջ
...affectation, incredible as anything else. But the brutes are rather a favourite theme with our poet. I think I could turn and live with animals* they are so placid and self-contained ; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about tl.eir condition... | |
 | Walter Lewin - 1879 - 252 էջ
...the brutes fill him with awe. He is never tired of contemplating their ways and habits. He says— " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained ; I stand and look at them long and long, They do not sweat and whine about their condition... | |
 | 1880 - 604 էջ
...animals, Whitman merely remarks that he would like to live with them, and enjoys looking at at them : " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained ; I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long." Lytton paints a finished picture... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 էջ
...shows you that the naivete is due to a cunning and bold contradiction of every fact in the case. " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are...self-contain'd : . I stand and look at them long and long. Not one is dissatisfied — not one is demented with the mania of owning things : Not one is respectable... | |
 | 1888 - 344 էջ
...harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition,... | |
 | 1884 - 928 էջ
...combats one phase of modern vagaries. " Listen to Walt Whitman's reverie, as he looks at some cattle: • I think I could turn and live with Animals, they are so placid and self contained I stand and look at them long and long ; Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented... | |
 | 1889 - 532 էջ
...surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels. — Ibid. ANIMALS. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are...so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at ihcm long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the... | |
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