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... American Poetry - Página 478por Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 721 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1876 - 844 páginas
...and self-contained ; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about tl.eir condition ; They do not lie awake in the dark and...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago ; Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth. Wise men have long been, and are likely... | |
| 1876 - 1022 páginas
...about their condition ; 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...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago ; Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth." Wise men have long been, and are likely... | |
| Walter Lewin - 1879 - 252 páginas
...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...make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied—not one is demented with the mania of owning things ; Not one kneels to another, nor... | |
| 1928 - 692 páginas
...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...do not make me sick discussing their duty to God. Xot one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, Not one kneels to another,... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 páginas
...vain the buzzard houses herself with the sky, In vain the snake slides through the creepers and logs, In vain the elk takes to the inner passes of the woods,...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they show their relations to me and I accept... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1883 - 398 páginas
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| 1888 - 344 páginas
...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...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they show their relations to me and I accept... | |
| 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...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they shew their relations to me and I accept... | |
| 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...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they shew their relations to me aud I accept... | |
| Samuel Harris - 1887 - 592 páginas
...them : — •• 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...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth." Hartmann reaches the same pessimistic conclusions... | |
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