...walked amidst his farm, Saying, " Tis mine, my children's and my name's. 5 How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees! How graceful climb those shadows...sympathize; And, I affirm, my actions smack of the soil." 10 Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds: And strangers, fond as they, their furrows plough....

...landlords walked amidst his farm, Saying, "Tis mine, my children's, and my name's. How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees! How graceful climb those shadows...grounds And strangers, fond as they, their furrows plow. Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not...

...walked amidst his farm, 5 Saying, " Tis mine, my children's, and my name's: How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees! How graceful climb those shadows...the flags Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize; 10 And, I affirm, my actions smack of the soil." Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds;...

...shadows that climb his hill and fancying that the waters and the "flags" (both stones and cattails) "Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize; / And, I affirm, my actions smack of the soil." At this point, the language of the poem, which has bordered on the ironic, is finally revealed to be...

...lyrical when they chant the joys of possession they believe themselves to enjoy: "How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees! How graceful climb those shadows...sympathize; And, I affirm, my actions smack of the soil." But the self-satisfied farmers are deaf to the "Earth-Song" of the ineluctable goddess who lies in...

..."nut" of Emerson's poem. Accordingly, the otherwise unfortunate line in "Hamatreya" about a dog - " 'I fancy these pure waters and the flags / Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize' " - is of course meant to be funny, spoken as it is by a farmer who is fundamentally ridiculous in...

...landlords walked amidst his farm, Saying, " 'Tis mine, my children's and my name's. How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees ! How graceful climb those...shadows on my hill! I fancy these pure waters and the flags2 Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize; And, I affirm, my actions smack3 of the soil." Where...

...pure waters and the flags2 Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize; And, I affirm, my actions smack3 of the soil." Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds: And strangers, fond4 as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud,...

...wood. Each of these landlords walked amidst his farm, Saying: 'Tis mine, my children's and my name's. Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds:...Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs. Earth Week— as we look across our abused land, befouled waters, and laden airs, we are beginning...

...walked amidst his farm, Saying, " 'Tis mine, my children's, and my name's. How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees! How graceful climb those shadows on my hill! I fancy the pure waters and the flags Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize; And, I affirm, my actions smack...