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... Leaves of Grass - Seite 65von Walt Whitman - 1900 - 486 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1875 - 80 Seiten
...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...not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins ; Not one is dissatisfied — not one is demented with the mania of owning things ; Not one is respectable... | |
| 1876 - 844 Seiten
...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...is respectable or industrious over the whole earth. Wise men have long been, and are likely to be, content to learn from the bee and the ant ; but neither... | |
| 1876 - 1022 Seiten
...anil live with animals, they are so placid and solf-contained; 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 sin3 ; They do not make mo sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied — not one is... | |
| Walter Lewin - 1879 - 252 Seiten
...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...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 Seiten
...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....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,... | |
| Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 Seiten
...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 mania of owning things : Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth." The Whitman method of reaching naivete is here... | |
| 1888 - 344 Seiten
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they show their relations to me and I accept them, They bring me tokens... | |
| 1884 - 928 Seiten
...for they are about the only animals in the world to whom these words will apply; 'For,' says Whitman, 'not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things.' But suppose he »ere taking one of his favorite night strolls in the woods of Bengal rather than of... | |
| Samuel Harris - 1887 - 592 Seiten
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth." Hartmann reaches the same pessimistic conclusions : " The happiest folk... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887 - 272 Seiten
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they shew their relations to me and I accept them, They bring me tokens... | |
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