 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 Literature - Page 256by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1901 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1875 - 80 pages
...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 - 844 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | 1928 - 694 pages
...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. They do... | |
 | 1880 - 604 pages
...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 pages
...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 with the... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1884 - 882 pages
...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... | |
 | 1888 - 344 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 272 pages
...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, They do... | |
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