The American Mind: TRANSITION TO THE MACHINE AGE, 1865-1919. From Leaves of grass. One's self I sing. As I ponder'd in silence. To the states. Poets to come. For you O democracy. To a pupil. Song of myself. Out of the cradle endlessly rocking. A noiseless patient spider. Pioneers! O pioneers. Cavalry crossing a ford. Come up from the fields father. As toilsome I wander'd Virginia's woods. O captain! My captain! When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd. On the beach at night. Song of the redwood tree. Spirit that form'd this scene. Nationality and literature. American character |
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We children looked from mother to father and from father to mother . " Gottunieu ! the czar himself is pushing us to America by this last ukase . " My mother's face lighted up the hut like a lamp . " Meshugeneh Yideneh !
We children looked from mother to father and from father to mother . " Gottunieu ! the czar himself is pushing us to America by this last ukase . " My mother's face lighted up the hut like a lamp . " Meshugeneh Yideneh !
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She said she had not played a game of roque in twenty years , but if Mother would play she would play . Well , at first Mother wouldn't hear of it , but finally consented , more to please Mrs. Hartsell than anything else .
She said she had not played a game of roque in twenty years , but if Mother would play she would play . Well , at first Mother wouldn't hear of it , but finally consented , more to please Mrs. Hartsell than anything else .
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mother said . " It seems to me that she has had plenty of time to have finished the dishes . " " Let Quentin go and see , " father said . " Go and see if Nancy is through , Quentin . Tell her she can go on home .
mother said . " It seems to me that she has had plenty of time to have finished the dishes . " " Let Quentin go and see , " father said . " Go and see if Nancy is through , Quentin . Tell her she can go on home .
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Contents
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking | 862 |
As Toilsome I Wanderd Virginias Woods | 868 |
Spirit That Formd This Scene | 875 |
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| Title | The American Mind: TRANSITION TO THE MACHINE AGE, 1865-1919. From Leaves of grass. One's self I sing. As I ponder'd in silence. To the states. Poets to come. For you O democracy. To a pupil. Song of myself. Out of the cradle endlessly rocking. A noiseless patient spider. Pioneers! O pioneers ... Volume 2 of The American Mind: Selections from the Literature of the United States, Stanley Thomas Williams |
| Editors | Harry Redcay Warfel, Ralph Henry Gabriel, Stanley Thomas Williams |
| Publisher | American Book Company, 1937 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Feb 2008 |
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