 A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child ? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.  The Californian - Page 3861880Full view - About this book
 | England - 1866 - 908 pages
...child said, ' Wliat it the grata ?' fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child'? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must bo the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven, Or I guess it is the handkerchief... | |
 | Education - 1928 - 692 pages
...did not know I held so much ing reverence in : "A child said, what is How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it...the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?"... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...hands ;) How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. ' > „• \.V ,„ * I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. vOr I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, Bearing... | |
 | New England - 1892 - 848 pages
...A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it...out of hopeful green stuff woven Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, And it means sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, Growing among... | |
 | Edith Matilda Thomas - American poetry - 1886 - 330 pages
...protective, and the hurts I receive are far less painful than they used to be." GEASS: A RUMINATION. I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented...remembrancer, designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, That we may see and remark, and Bay, Whose .' WALT WHITMAN. THE eye and the... | |
 | Edith Matilda Thomas - American poetry - 1886 - 316 pages
...protective, and the hurts I receive are far less painful than they used to be." GRASS: A RUMINATION. I gueaa it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift...remembrancer, designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, That we may see and remark, and say, Whose f WALT WHITMAH. THE eye and the... | |
 | James Wood Davidson - English language - 1888 - 188 pages
...once said, What is the grass f fetching it to me with full hands ; How could I answer the child ? I do not know what it is, any more than he. " I guess...Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer, designedly dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say, Whose... | |
 | American poetry - 1889 - 532 pages
...invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. — Song of Myself. GRASS. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out...the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1889 - 536 pages
...my soul, . I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. — Song of Hfysc/f. GRASS. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out...the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners. that we may see and remark, and say Whose 1... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1889 - 70 pages
...child said What is the Grass ? fetching it to me with full hands ; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hooeful green stuff woven. Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer... | |
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