The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 7Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... wrote , — " Unless above himself he can 2 Erect himself , how poor a thing is man ! " I but when his will leans on a principle , when he is the vehicle of ideas , he borrows their omni- potence . Gibraltar may be strong , but ideas are ...
... wrote , — " Unless above himself he can 2 Erect himself , how poor a thing is man ! " I but when his will leans on a principle , when he is the vehicle of ideas , he borrows their omni- potence . Gibraltar may be strong , but ideas are ...
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... wrote , " Good Fortune , " as his motto on his shield . As we know , the power of discourse of certain individuals amounts to fascination , though it may have no lasting effect . Some portion of this sugar must intermingle . The right ...
... wrote , " Good Fortune , " as his motto on his shield . As we know , the power of discourse of certain individuals amounts to fascination , though it may have no lasting effect . Some portion of this sugar must intermingle . The right ...
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... wrote at large in miles , I followed in small copy in my acre ; For there's no rood has not a star above it ; The cordial quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree As in broad orchards resonant with bees ; And every ...
... wrote at large in miles , I followed in small copy in my acre ; For there's no rood has not a star above it ; The cordial quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree As in broad orchards resonant with bees ; And every ...
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... wrote a poem which he called Works and Days , in which he marked the changes of the Greek year , instructing the husbandman at the rising of what constellation he might safely sow , when to reap , when to gather wood , when the sailor ...
... wrote a poem which he called Works and Days , in which he marked the changes of the Greek year , instructing the husbandman at the rising of what constellation he might safely sow , when to reap , when to gather wood , when the sailor ...
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... wrote their songs so . It was a fine efflorescence of fine powers ; as was said of the letters of the Frenchwoman , " the charming accident of their more charming existence . " Then the poet is never the for his song . poorer A song is ...
... wrote their songs so . It was a fine efflorescence of fine powers ; as was said of the letters of the Frenchwoman , " the charming accident of their more charming existence . " Then the poet is never the for his song . poorer A song is ...
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Page 442 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 312 - Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb.' As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.
Page 356 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 378 - O friend, my bosom said, Through thee alone the sky is arched, Through thee the rose is red. All things through thee take nobler form, And look beyond the earth, The mill-round of our fate appears A sun-path in thy worth. Me too thy nobleness has taught To master my despair; The fountains of my hidden life Are through thy friendship fair.
Page 367 - As, in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard; no man cried, God save him...
Page 307 - While tens of thousands, thinking on the affray, Men unto whom sufficient for the day And minds not stinted or untilled are given, Sound, healthy Children of the God of Heaven, Are cheerful as the rising Sun in May. What do we gather hence but firmer faith That every gift of noble origin Is breathed upon by Hope's perpetual breath...
Page 443 - Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile, Like wealthy men who care not how they give. But thy strong Hours indignant work'd their wills, And beat me down and marr'd and wasted me. And tho...
Page 246 - Ah Ben ! Say how or .when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun ; Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad? And yet each verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolic wine.
Page 53 - We feel, in seeing a noble building, which rhymes well, as we do in hearing a perfect song, that it is spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and executed by the artist, not arbitrarily composed by him.
Page 194 - The mathematics and the metaphysics, Fall to them as you find your stomach serves you ; No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en : In brief, sir, study what you most affect.