 I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a...  The Living Age - Strana 941876Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1908 - 272 str.
...has felt, and perhaps Walt Whitman most keenly of all — the inextinguishable wonder of the world. " I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work...the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and the grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, And... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1908 - 280 str.
...of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and the grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'tsuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlours of heaven, And the... | |
 | Carleton Noyes - 1910 - 254 str.
...and so fulfills its appointed destiny. That which fills its period and place is equal to any, and " a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars." In this sense, therefore, "what is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect."... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1911 - 276 str.
...equally perfect, and the grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a masterpiece for the highest, And the running blackberry would...adorn the parlours of heaven, And the narrowest hinge on my hand puts to scorn all machinery, And the cow crunching with depressed head surpasses any statue,... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - 1911 - 452 str.
...which he called Leaves of Grass. His favorite expression, "words simple as grass," and his line : — " I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars," give a clue to the idea which prompted the choice of such an unusual title. He continued to add to... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1911 - 274 str.
...wonted insight: "You of any well that springs, may unfold the heaven of things." As Whitman says — "A leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the ant is equally perfect, and the grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a masterpiece... | |
 | William Westley Guth - 1912 - 280 str.
...how manifold are thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all; The earth is full of thy riches." " "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work...the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and the grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, And... | |
 | Harriet Monroe - 1915 - 380 str.
...singing line," "the lyric lilt," and all that. Here's another prosy series of jottings by Whitman : I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And a cow crunching with depressed head surpasses... | |
 | Harriet Monroe - 1915 - 346 str.
...singing line," "the lyric lilt," and all that. Here's another prosy series of jottings by Whitman: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And a cow crunching with depressed head surpasses... | |
 | John Albert Macy - 1913 - 368 str.
...dare not shirk any part of myself, Not any part of America good or bad. To enforce his doctrine that "a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars," he at first deliberately, even aggressively, selects coitiiaonplace things, repulsive things, "the... | |
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