 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.  A Library of American Literature... - Page 498by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Art - 1856 - 602 pages
...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...the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name some way in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose... | |
 | England - 1866 - 908 pages
...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...Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer, designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's namo someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say u-lwse... | |
 | Education - 1928 - 692 pages
...what is 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...corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?" He had small patience with those who failed in respect to the seemingly unimportant: "And do not call... | |
 | California - 1880 - 604 pages
...hands. How could I answer the child? I do not know What it ¡5 any more than he, I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff...Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer, designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name some way in the corners. That we may see and remark, and s-iv, Whose?... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...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...corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose ? Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the • J vegetation. v . VN" Or I guess... | |
 | New England - 1892 - 848 pages
...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 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 - 318 pages
...RUMINATION. I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer, designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, That we may see and remark, and say, Whose f WALT WHITMAN. THE eye and the ear are inveterate hobbyists. This peculiarity in his perceptive faculties... | |
 | 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 gift and remembrancer, designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, That we may see and remark, and Bay, Whose... | |
 | 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 and remembrancer, designedly dropped, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, That we may see and remark, and say, Whose... | |
 | James Wood Davidson - English language - 1888 - 188 pages
...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...corners, that we may see and remark, and say, Whose ? " Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation. " Or I guess it is... | |
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