He is great who can live by me: The rough and bearded forester Is better than the lord; God fills the scrip and canister, Sin piles the loaded board. The lord is the peasant that was, The peasant the lord that shall be; The lord is hay, the peasant grass,... The Real and Ideal in Literature - Page 173by Frank Preston Stearns - 1892 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
| Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1842 - 642 pages
...the'donor ? Come to me," Quoth the pinetree, " I am the giver of honor. He is great who can live by me. The rough and bearded forester Is better than the...the peasant grass, One dry, and one the living tree. Genius with my boughs shall flourish, Want and cold our roots shall nourish. Who liveth by the ragged... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...donor ? Come to me,' Quoth the pine-tree, ' I am the giver of honor. He is great who can live by me. The rough and bearded forester Is better than the...the peasant grass, One dry, and one the living tree. Genius with my boughs shall flourish, Want and cold our roots shall nourish. Who liveth by the ragged... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...donor ? Come to me,' Quoth the pine-tree, ' I am the giver of honour. He is great who can live by me; The rough and bearded forester Is better than the...the peasant grass, One dry and one the living tree. Genius with my boughs shall flourish, Want and cold our roots shall nourish; Who liveth by the ragged... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...travell'd by her thoughts and prayers, Be soft and yielding 'twixt her spirit's wings ! BEDDOES. MUTATION. God fills the scrip and canister, Sin piles the loaded...the peasant grass, One dry and one the living tree. EMEBSON. PBOFOUND GBIEF. Tears from the depths of some divine despair. TENNYSON. LIFE AND DEATH. Life... | |
| American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...donor? Come to me," Quoth the pine-tree, " I am the giver of honour. He is great who can live by me; The rough and bearded forester Is better than the...peasant grass, — One dry, and one the living tree. Genius with my boughs shall flourish, Want and cold our roots shall nourish. Who liveth by the ragged... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...And drifting sand-heaps feed my stock, In summer's scorching glow. 'He is great who can live by me. The rough and bearded forester Is better than the...the peasant grass, One dry, and one the living tree. Who liveth by the ragged pine Foundeth a heroic line; It seemed the likeness of their own ; They knew... | |
| American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...God^fills the scrip and canister, Sin.piles the loaded board. Thejlord is the peasant that was, TKFpeasant the lord that shall be ; The lord is hay, the peasant grass, — One dry, and one the living tree. Genius with my boughs shall flourish, Want and cold our roots shall nourish. Who liveth by the ragged... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...And drifting sand-heaps feed my stock, In summer's scorching glow. " He is great who can live by me. The rough and bearded forester Is better than the...the peasant grass, One dry, and one the living tree. Who liveth by the ragged pine Poundeth a heroic line ; It seemed the likeness of their own ; They knew... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 pages
...And drifting sand-heaps feed my stock, In summer's scorching glow. He is great who can live by me. The rough and bearded forester Is better than the...the peasant grass, One dry, and one the living tree. Who liveth by the ragged pine Foundeth a heroic line ; Who liveth in the palace hall Waneth fast and... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...glow. He is great who can live by me. The rough and bearded forester Is better than the lord ; God Ms the scrip and canister, Sin piles the loaded board....the peasant grass, One dry, and one the living tree. Who liveth by the ragged pine Foundeth a heroic line ; Who liveth in the palace hall Waneth fast and... | |
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