 | Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 psl.
...see what is better than to tell the best ; It is always to leave the best untold. . When I undertake to tell the best, I find I cannot, My tongue is ineffectual...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. The best of the earth cannot be told anyhow all or any is best; It is not what you anticipated... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1897 - 474 psl.
...I see what is better than to tell the best, It is always to leave the best untold. When I undertake to tell the best I find I cannot, My tongue is ineffectual...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. I The best of the earth cannot be told anyhow, all or any is best, It is not what you anticipated,... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1900 - 554 psl.
...see what is better than to tell the best ; It is always to leave the best untold. When I undertake to tell the best, I find I cannot, My tongue is ineffectual...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. The best of the earth cannot be told anyhow all or any is best ; 1 10 It is not what you anticipated... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1902 - 380 psl.
...earth, Toward him who makes the dictionaries of the words that print 6annot touch. 28. When I undertake to tell the best, I find I cannot, My tongue is ineffectual...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. 29. The best of the earth cannot be told anyhow all or any is best, It is not what you anticipated... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1902 - 428 psl.
...better than to tell the best, It is always to leave the best untold. When I undertake to tell the best 1 find I cannot, My tongue is ineffectual on its pivots,...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. The best of the earth cannot be told anyhow, all or any is best, It is not what you anticipated, it... | |
 | Richard Maurice Bucke - 1905 - 352 psl.
...either what is seen or what is felt in the Cosmic Conscious state. "When I undertake," says Whitman, "to tell the best I find I cannot, my tongue is ineffectual...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man" [193 : 179]. its, so far as my subject requires it. This kind of vision is not the same with the intellectual... | |
 | John Law - 1912 - 326 psl.
...languages.' He says : " When I undertake to tell the best, I find I cannot. " My tongue is inefficient on its pivots. " My breath will not be obedient to its organs. " I become a dumb man." " The reason for this is plain," said the speaker. " Speech is only a tally of self-conscious intellect... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1916 - 388 psl.
...I see what is better than to tell the best, It is always to leave the best untold. When I undertake to tell the best I find I cannot,"^ My tongue is ineffectual...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. The best of the earth cannot be told anyhow, all or any is best, It is not what you anticipated, it... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1916 - 390 psl.
...best, It is always to leave the best untold. When I undertake to tell the best I find I cannot, "1 My tongue is ineffectual on its pivots, My breath...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. The best of the earth cannot be told anyhow, all or any is best, It is not what you anticipated, it... | |
 | 1920 - 876 psl.
...gravely: " No, sane. Now at last you are sane." And turning to Walt's Leaves of Grass! When I undertake to tell the best I find I cannot, My tongue is ineffectual...not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. And in his Prayer of Columbus: OI am sure they really come from Thee ! The urge, the ardor, the unconquerable... | |
| |
When I undertake to tell the best I find I cannot, My tongue is ineffectual on its pivots, My breath will not be obedient to its organs, I become a dumb man. 
