 Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation. Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman,...  Leaves of Grass - Page 23by Walt Whitman - 1883 - 382 pagesFull view - About this book
 | M. Jimmie Killingsworth - 2007 - 123 pages
...itself, "the produced babe of the vegetation"; an emblem of democracy, "a uniform hieroglyphic . . . Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, / Growing among black folks as among white"; and finally "the beautiful uncut hair of graves," the sign of immortality in the shared life of all... | |
 | Jeffrey Cass, Larry H. Peer - 2008 - 252 pages
...and say Whose? Or I guess the grass is itself a child ... the produced babe of the vegetation. Or 1 guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means,...it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves. (31) The speaker does not arrive at one defining image, but moves through a list of guesses from himself,... | |
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