...serve either as a credo for the modern pessimist or as a felicitous epigram at his expense : — " In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who,...friend ? ' ' It is bitter — bitter,' he answered : ' But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.' " Throughout the little book,...

...WITH QUAINT COUNTENANCES THEY REGARDED HIM. THEY WERE VERY CURIOUS, THOSE THREE LITTLE BIRDS IN A ROW. IN THE DESERT I SAW A CREATURE, NAKED, BESTIAL, WHO,...GOOD, FRIEND ? " "IT IS BITTER BITTER," HE ANSWERED; " BUT I LIKE IT " BECAUSE IT IS BITTER, "AND BECAUSE IT IS MY HEART." YES, I HAVE A THOUSAND TONGUES,...

...quintessence of pessimism in this cynical appreciation of morbidness, by another latter-day poet: " In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who,...ate of it. I said, ' Is it good, friend ?' ' It is bitter—bitter,' he answered; ' But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.'"...

...showed sharp vision. His method was an irregular blank verse, primarily iambic. His art is not kindly. In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who,...good, friend?" "It is bitter, bitter," he answered; "But I like it, Because it is bitter, i And because it is my heart." He understood the source of the...

...God, in all his splendor, Arose from his throne. "Oh, best little blade of grass!" he said. THE HEART In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who,...good, friend?" "It is bitter — bitter," he answered ; "But I like it "Because it is bitter, "And because it is my heart." Edwin Ford Piper Edwin Ford Piper...

...God, in all his splendor, Arose from his throne. "Oh, best little blade of grass!" he said. THE HEART In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who,...good, friend?" "It is bitter — bitter," he answered; "But I like it "Because it is bitter, "And because it is my heart." Edwin Ford Piper Edwin Ford Piper...

...vision. His method was an irregular blank verse, primarily iambic. His art is not kindly. In the desert I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter, bitter," he answered; "But I like it, Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart." He understood the source of the...

...quaint countenances They regarded him. They were very curious, Those three little birds in a row. III In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who,...heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it goodjriend?" "It is bitter — bitter" he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter, And because...

...His Heart. In some magazine she had seen a poem of Stephen Crane's that furnished her inspiration. In the desert, I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who,...ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. To look at this figure and then at the young woman who had created it, was to understand the astonishment...

...Dame Envy does here. One recalls, with a difference, the stark poem of Stephen Crane, "The Heart": In the desert I saw a creature, naked bestial, Who,...good, friend?" "It is bitter — bitter," he answered; "But I like it "Because it is bitter "And because it is my heat1." The Flemish verse below the picture,...