 | Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 psl.
...any disease, Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. 4Now I am terrified at the Earth ! it is that calm and...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseased corpses, It distils... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 psl.
...catch any disease, Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseas'd corpses, It distills... | |
 | 1916 - 336 psl.
...constructive and the good . rather than the debasing. In his poem "This Compost" Whitman says: "Now am I terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and patient....grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless succession of diseased corpses, It distills... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1897 - 474 psl.
...catch any disease, Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseas'd corpses, It distills... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1898 - 322 psl.
...catch any disease, Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseas'd corpses, It distills... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1898 - 320 psl.
...catch any disease, Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseas'd corpses, It distills... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1900 - 554 psl.
...any disease, 40 Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. 3 Now I am terrified at the Earth ! it is that calm...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseas'd corpses, It distils... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1900 - 252 psl.
...atom missing or losing its place, goes on forever and ever ! Perpetual renewal and promotion ! — " Now I am terrified at the Earth! it is that calm and...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless sue* cession of diseased corpses, It distills... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1900 - 254 psl.
...and ever ! Perpetual renewal and promotion ! — " Now I am terrified at the Earth! it is that cahn and patient, It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless sue* cession of diseased corpses, It distills... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1901 - 388 psl.
...any disease, Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. 4 Now I am terrified at the Earth ! it is that calm...grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseas'd corpses, It distils... | |
| |
Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and patient, It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions... 
