 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...  Poems, Essays and Fragments - Page 181by James Thomson - 1892 - 267 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 - 1022 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 1889 - 532 pages
...surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels. — Ibid. ANIMALS. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are...so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at ihcm long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the... | |
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