 | 1867 - 968 pages
...ages, and larger bunches between the slops ; All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. Biso after rise bow the phantoms behind me ; Afar down...the huge first Nothing— I know I was even there j I waited unseen and always, and slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1877 - 278 pages
...ages, and larger bunches between the steps ; All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. " Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me; Afar down...slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the foetid carbon. " Long I was hugg'd close — long and long, Immense have... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1877 - 276 pages
...and larger bunches between the ,} steps; All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. r " Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me; ^""Afar...huge first Nothing — I know I was even >.' there; j, I waited unseen and always, and slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and_took no... | |
 | William Denton - 1881 - 200 pages
...physical eyes in looking, so that his spiritual eyes are blind. Walt Whitman is right when he says : — "Afar down I see the huge first nothing; I know I...slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the fetid carbon. Long I was hugged close, — long and long. Immense have been... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...of ages, and larger bunches between the steps, All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me, Afar down...slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the fetid carbon. Long I was hugg'd close — long and long. Immense have been... | |
 | Richard Brodhead Westbrook - 1884 - 266 pages
...this world was formed. Walt Whitman has presented this theory in his usual pungent style, as follows : "Afar down I see the huge first Nothing; I know I...slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the fetid carbon. Long I was hugged close — long and long. Immense have been... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 344 pages
...duly travelled, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me ; Afar down 1 see the huge first Nothing— I know I was even there...slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the foetid carbon. Long I was hugged close — long and long, Immense have been... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 326 pages
...duly travelled, and still I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me ; Afar down 1 see the huge first Nothing— I know I was even there ; I waited iinseen and always, and slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1886 - 378 pages
...bow the phantoms behind me ; Afar down I see the first huge nothing — I know I was even then ; " I waited unseen and always, and slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the fetid carbon. " Immense have been the preparations for me, Faithful and friendly... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1886 - 400 pages
...distinguished men, or favoured classes of men. This is the very spirit and truth of democracy : — " Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me ; Afar down I see the first huge nothing — I know I was even then ; "I waited unseen and always, and slept through the... | |
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Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me, Afar down I see the huge first Nothing, I know I was even there, I waited unseen and always, and slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the fetid carbon. 
