The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove ...
... Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove ...
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... Falls , in turn , a new degree . When a god is once beguiled By beauty of a mortal child And by her radiant youth delighted , He is not fooled , but warily knoweth His love shall never be requited . And thus the wise Immortal doeth ...
... Falls , in turn , a new degree . When a god is once beguiled By beauty of a mortal child And by her radiant youth delighted , He is not fooled , but warily knoweth His love shall never be requited . And thus the wise Immortal doeth ...
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... falling rain Arrived in time to swell his grain ; Stream could not so perversely wind But corn of Guy's was there to grind : The siroc found it on its way , To speed his sails , to dry his hay ; And the world's sun seemed to rise \ To ...
... falling rain Arrived in time to swell his grain ; Stream could not so perversely wind But corn of Guy's was there to grind : The siroc found it on its way , To speed his sails , to dry his hay ; And the world's sun seemed to rise \ To ...
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... race . It seemed as if the breezes brought him , It seemed as if the sparrows taught him ; As if by secret sight he knew Where , in far fields , the orchis grew . Many haps fall in the field Seldom seen by wishful 44 WOODNOTES.
... race . It seemed as if the breezes brought him , It seemed as if the sparrows taught him ; As if by secret sight he knew Where , in far fields , the orchis grew . Many haps fall in the field Seldom seen by wishful 44 WOODNOTES.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. Many haps fall in the field Seldom seen by wishful eyes , ;; But all her shows did Nature yield ... falls , — One crash , the death - hymn of the perfect tree , Declares the close of its green century . Low lies the ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Many haps fall in the field Seldom seen by wishful eyes , ;; But all her shows did Nature yield ... falls , — One crash , the death - hymn of the perfect tree , Declares the close of its green century . Low lies the ...
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