 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...  The Contemporary Review - Pàgina 521876Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1875 - 80 pàgines
...sweat and whine about their condition ; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins ; Not one is dissatisfied — not one is demented with the mania of owning things ; Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth ;" and the Bowery Transcendentalist sang her creed... | |
 | Walter Lewin - 1879 - 252 pàgines
...for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied—not one is demented with the mania of owning things ;...respectable or industrious over the whole earth." Note the peculiar echo of the saying of One Other : " Consider the lilies of the field how they grow... | |
 | 1928 - 694 pàgines
...awake in the dark and weep for their sins. They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God. Xot one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth." Democracy was a passion with him: "By God ! I will accept nothing which... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pàgines
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they show their relations to me and I accept them, They bring me tokens... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 pàgines
...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 with the mania of owning things : Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth." The Whitman method of reaching naivete is here... | |
 | 1888 - 344 pàgines
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they show their relations to me and I accept them, They bring me tokens... | |
 | 1884 - 928 pàgines
...for they are about the only animals in the world to whom these words will apply; 'For,' says Whitman, 'not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things.' But suppose he »ere taking one of his favorite night strolls in the woods of Bengal rather than of... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887 - 272 pàgines
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they shew their relations to me and I accept them, They bring me tokens... | |
 | Samuel Harris - 1887 - 592 pàgines
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth." Hartmann reaches the same pessimistic conclusions : " The happiest folk... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887 - 268 pàgines
...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,...thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they shew their relations to me aud I accept them, They bring me tokens... | |
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