Yes, it's transcendentalism.
THE EPIC OF THE HOG.
(Man's Inhumanity to Hogs Makes Countless Thousands Squeal.)
I lived upon a little farm,
A happy hog was I,
I never dreamed of any harm
Nor ever thought to die.
All day I wallowed in the mud,
And ate the choicest slops.
I watched the brindles chew their cud—