 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...  The Self-revelation of God - Página 109por Samuel Harris - 1887 - 570 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1875 - 80 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1876 - 844 páginas
...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...them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about tl.eir condition ; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins ; They do not make me... | |
 | Thomas Stephenson Francis Battersby - 1879 - 144 páginas
...Dweller in Mannahatta, his city, he is " a lover of populous pavements" ; at the same time he thinks " he could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained"; and he " could come every afternoon of his life to look at the farmer's girl, boiling her iron tea-kettle... | |
 | 1880 - 604 páginas
...Speaking of 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,...placid and self-contained ; I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long." Lytton paints a finished picture from the same scene, where he writes... | |
 | 1928 - 692 páginas
...ancient and modern." He envied the placidity of animals, their indifference to the tumult of life about them: "I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd. I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition.... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 páginas
...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 so placid and self-contain'd : . I stand and look at them long and long. Not one is dissatisfied — not one is demented... | |
 | 1884 - 928 páginas
...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... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1884 - 882 páginas
...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... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887 - 268 páginas
...me is a miracle." " A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd ; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887 - 272 páginas
...me is a miracle." " A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd ; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition,... | |
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