 | John Burroughs - 1928 - 394 pages
...seems probable that Emerson, instead of saying ' Walt,' said either ' Whitman ' or ' Mr. Whitman.' tell Walt I am not satisfied, not satisfied. I expect...him — to make — the songs of the Nation — but lie seems — to be contented to — make the inventories.' Walt laughed and said it tickled him much.... | |
 | J. P. T. Bury - 1960 - 810 pages
...said of Nekrasov that 'poetry never so much as spent a night in his verse',1 and Emerson of Whitman: 'I expect him to make the songs of the nation but he seems contented to make the inventories.'2 'Romantic' is Nekrasov's love of folk-song, but with him it is... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 1980 - 436 pages
...W'hitman prophesied. Against Crispin, we can recall the complaint attributed to Emerson about Whitman: "I expect — him — to make — the songs of the...— to be contented to — make the inventories." Crispin-as-cataloger is considerably more belated and finicky than the exuberant Walt: He savored rankness... | |
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I expect — him — to make — the songs of the — nation — but he seems to be contented to — make the inventories. 