 For room to me stars kept aside in their own rings, They sent influences to look after what was to hold me. Before I was born out of my mother generations guided me, My embryo has never been torpid, nothing could overlay it. For it the nebula cohered...  Man--whence and Whither? - Page 78by Richard Brodhead Westbrook - 1884 - 226 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1866 - 908 pages
...never been torpid—nothing could overlay it. For it tho nebula cohered to an orb, The long low strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...been steadily employed to complete and delight me, Xow I stand on this spot with my soul." "The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me—lie complains... | |
 | 1867 - 968 pages
...been torpid— nothing could overlay it. For it the nebula cohered to an orb, Tho long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance, Monstrous sauroids transported it in their months, and deposited it with care All forces have been steadily employ' d to complete and delight... | |
 | Robert Williams Buchanan - 1868 - 340 pages
...been torpid — nothing could overlay it. For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...deposited it with care. All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete and delight me ; Now on this spot I stand with my robust Soul. It is impossible... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1877 - 278 pages
...been torpid — nothing could overlay it, For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...deposited it with care; All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete and delight me: Now on this spot I stand with my robust Soul." I recall no single... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1877 - 276 pages
...could overlay it, For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, 'f Vast vegetables gave it sustenance, Monstrous sauroids...deposited it with care; All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete and delight me: Now on this spot I stand with my robust Soul." I recall no single... | |
 | William Denton - 1881 - 200 pages
...influences to look after what was to hold me. Before I was born out of my mother, generations guided me. v .My embryo has never been torpid, nothing could overlay...steadily employed to complete and delight me; Now I stand on this spot with my soul." Look down on the hell our earth once was. Here are mounting flames that... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...never been torpid, nothing could overlay it. For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...deposited it with care. All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete and delight me, Now on this spot I stand with my robust soul. 45 O span of youth... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 346 pages
...been torpid — nothing could overlay it, For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...steadily employed to complete and delight me : Now on this spot I stand with my robust Soul." I recall no single line of poetry in the language that fills... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 326 pages
...been torpid — nothing could overlay it, For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...steadily employed to complete and delight me : Now on this spot I stand with my robust Soul." I recall no single line of poetry in the language that fills... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1886 - 394 pages
...been torpid — nothing could overlay it ; " For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...steadily employed to complete and delight me ; Now on this spot I stand with my robust soul." In a poem of extraordinary vigour, though one of those where... | |
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