| Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 pages
...and the stars, Over my cities shining all, enveloping man and land. Sing on ! sing on, you grey-brown bird! Sing from the swamps, the recesses — pour...song, Loud human song, with voice of uttermost woe. 0 liquid, and free, and tender ! O wild and loose to my soul ! O wondrous singer ! You only I hear... | |
| John Mackinnon Robertson - 1884 - 72 pages
...has read at least portions of " Maud." The same music recurs : — Sing on ! sing on, you grey-brown bird ! Sing from the swamps, the recesses, — pour...Limitless out of the dusk, out of the cedars and pines. Then with the knowledge of death as walking one side of me, And the thought of death close-walking... | |
| John Mackinnon Robertson - 1884 - 64 pages
...music recurs:— Sing on ! sing on, you grey-brown bird ! Sing from the swamps, the recesses,—pour your chant from the bushes; Limitless out of the dusk, out of the cedars and pines. Then with the knowledge of death as walking one side of me, And the thought of death close-walking... | |
| Olive Thorne Miller - 1888 - 300 pages
...« 0 WONDROUS SINGERS." In the swamp in secluded recesses A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song. Sing on ! sing on, you gray-brown bird ! Sing from...swamps, the recesses, pour Your chant from the bushes ; O liquid and free and tender ! O wild and loose to my soul ! O wondrous singer ! WALT WHITMAN. IX.... | |
| 1896 - 532 pages
...delicious, the welcome night and the stars, Over my cities shining all, enveloping man and land. 13 Sing on, sing on you gray-brown bird, Sing from the...song, Loud human song, with voice of uttermost woe. (Q) HC XLII O liquid and free and tender 1 O wild and loose to my soul — O wondrous singer! YOU only... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1897 - 474 pages
...excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The^gentle soft-bom measureless light, The miracle spreading bathing all,...O wild and loose to my soul — O wondrous singer ! V You only I hear — yet the star holds me, (but will soon depart,) I Yet the lilac with mastering... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1897 - 484 pages
...delicious, the welcome night and the stars, Over my cities shining all, enveloping man and land. 13 Sing on, sing on you gray-brown bird, Sing from the...O wild and loose to my soul — O wondrous singer I You only I hear — yet the star holds me, (but will soon depart,) Yet the lilac with mastering odor... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 690 pages
...delicious, the welcome night and the stars, Over my cities shining all, enveloping man and land. i3 Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird! Sing from the...song, Loud human song, with voice of uttermost woe. 0 liquid and free and tender! Now while I sat in the day and looked forth, In the close of the day.... | |
| Mabel Osgood Wright - 1897 - 510 pages
...than a flood of gossip. In the swamp in secluded recesses A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song. Sing on ! sing on, you gray-brown bird ! Sing from...swamps, the recesses, pour Your chant from the bushes. O liquid and free and tender 1 O wild and loose to my soul 1 O wondrous singer ! — WALT WHITMAN•... | |
| 1899 - 100 pages
...eve delicious, the welcome night and the stars, Over my cities shining all, enveloping man and land. Sing on, sing on you gray-brown bird, Sing from the...O wild and loose to my soul — O wondrous singer ! [43] . You only I hear — yet the star holds me, (but will soon depart,) Yet the lilac with mastering... | |
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