 | E. B. Greenshields, John Ruskin - 1906 - 352 pages
...that he would agree with Walt Whitman: "Song of "I think I could turn and live with animals, Myself." they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not lie awake in the dark, and weep for their sins, Not one is dissatisfied — Not one is respectable,... | |
 | E. B. Greenshields - 1906 - 354 pages
...that he would agree with Walt Whitman : "Song of "I think I could turn and live with animals, Myself." they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not lie awake in the dark, and weep for their sins, Not one is dissatisfied — Not one is respectable,... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1906 - 352 pages
...echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE The Brutes T THINK I could turn and live with animals, •*• they are so placid and self-contain'd ; I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long. They do not sweat and whine... | |
 | Neith Boyce - 1906 - 438 pages
...quiet " "Oh, it was moral beauty, then, that you saw in me? You must have been thinking Whitman: ' I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained — not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth ! ' " Clara struck his cheek with her bunch... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1907 - 178 pages
...himself exempt from all useful labor. This volunteer is our theologian j* Walt Whitman has said: " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are...self-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... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1907 - 128 pages
...himself exempt from all useful labor. This volunteer is our theologian jf- Walt Whitman has said : " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. 90 I stand and look at them long and long They do not sweat and whine about their condition. They do... | |
 | Wendell Phillips Garrison - 1908 - 334 pages
...Carlyle, Past and Present. Ye have no more religion than my horse. (Pseudo-)Cromwell to Long Parliament. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained . . . They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins. They do not make me sick discussing... | |
 | Bolton Hall - 1909 - 304 pages
...changers were driven out of the Temple. CHAPTER VI DESIRES " I think I could turn and live with the animals. They are so placid and self-contained I stand and look at them long and long," etc. — WHITMAN. WHY does man worry? Why does he fear the outcome of his plans? He invests money and... | |
 | Wendell Phillips Garrison, Joseph Hetherington McDaniels - 1909 - 348 pages
...Carlyle, Past and Present. Ye have no more religion than my horse. (Pseudo-)Cromwell to Long Parliament. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so pkcid and self-contained . . . They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not... | |
 | James Thomson - 1910 - 156 pages
...about virtue and about vice? Evil propels me, and reform of evils propels me — I stand indifferent. " 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... | |
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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... 
