...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...

...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...them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about tl.eir condition ; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins ; They do not make me...

...with our poet. " I think I coul.l turn anil live with animals, they are so placid and solf-contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not...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...

...Dweller in Mannahatta, his city, he is " a lover of populous pavements" ; at the same time he thinks " he could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained"; and he " could come every afternoon of his life to look at the farmer's girl, boiling her iron tea-kettle...

...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...placid and self-contained ; I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long." Lytton paints a finished picture from the same scene, where he writes...

...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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...