The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page 25
... Flowering April cools and dies In the insufficient skies . Imps , at high midsummer , blot Half the sun's disk with a spot ; ' T will not now avail to tan Orange cheek or skin of man . Roses bleach , the goats are dry , Lisbon quakes ...
... Flowering April cools and dies In the insufficient skies . Imps , at high midsummer , blot Half the sun's disk with a spot ; ' T will not now avail to tan Orange cheek or skin of man . Roses bleach , the goats are dry , Lisbon quakes ...
Page 35
... flowers , to see her boastful boys Earth - proud , proud of the earth which is not theirs ; Who steer the plough , but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave . They added ridge to valley , brook to pond , And sighed for all that ...
... flowers , to see her boastful boys Earth - proud , proud of the earth which is not theirs ; Who steer the plough , but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave . They added ridge to valley , brook to pond , And sighed for all that ...
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... FLOWER ? In May , when sea - winds pierced our solitudes , I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods , Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook , To please the desert and the sluggish brook . The purple petals , fallen in the pool ...
... FLOWER ? In May , when sea - winds pierced our solitudes , I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods , Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook , To please the desert and the sluggish brook . The purple petals , fallen in the pool ...
Page 38
... flower that cheapens his array . Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky , Tell them , dear , that if eyes were made for seeing , Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there , O ...
... flower that cheapens his array . Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky , Tell them , dear , that if eyes were made for seeing , Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there , O ...
Page 39
... flowers ; Of gulfs of sweetness without bound In Indian wildernesses found ; Of Syrian peace , immortal leisure , Firmest cheer , and bird - like pleasure . 39 Aught unsavory or unclean Hath my insect never seen ; THE HUMBLE - BEE.
... flowers ; Of gulfs of sweetness without bound In Indian wildernesses found ; Of Syrian peace , immortal leisure , Firmest cheer , and bird - like pleasure . 39 Aught unsavory or unclean Hath my insect never seen ; THE HUMBLE - BEE.
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