The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... hear those primal warblings and attempt to write them down , but we lose ever and anon a word or a verse , and substitute something of our own and thus miswrite the poem . The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences more ...
... hear those primal warblings and attempt to write them down , but we lose ever and anon a word or a verse , and substitute something of our own and thus miswrite the poem . The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences more ...
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... Hear the sentiment of Spain . - You have tried famine : no more try it ; Ply us now with a full diet ; Teach your pupils now with plenty , For one sun supply us twenty . I have thought it thoroughly over , - State of hermit , state of ...
... Hear the sentiment of Spain . - You have tried famine : no more try it ; Ply us now with a full diet ; Teach your pupils now with plenty , For one sun supply us twenty . I have thought it thoroughly over , - State of hermit , state of ...
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... ye kill me ! ' I TO J. W. SET not thy foot on graves ; Hear what wine and roses say ; The mountain chase , the summer waves , The crowded town , thy feet may well delay . Set not thy foot on graves ; Nor seek to TO J. W. 29 TO J W.
... ye kill me ! ' I TO J. W. SET not thy foot on graves ; Hear what wine and roses say ; The mountain chase , the summer waves , The crowded town , thy feet may well delay . Set not thy foot on graves ; Nor seek to TO J. W. 29 TO J W.
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... Hear what the Earth says : EARTH - SONG • Mine and yours ; Mine , not yours . Earth endures ; Stars abide . Shine down in the old sea ; Old are the shores ; But where are old men ? I who have seen much , Such have I never seen . ' The ...
... Hear what the Earth says : EARTH - SONG • Mine and yours ; Mine , not yours . Earth endures ; Stars abide . Shine down in the old sea ; Old are the shores ; But where are old men ? I who have seen much , Such have I never seen . ' The ...
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... hear , And guessed within the thicket's gloom , Was shown to this philosopher , And at his bidding seemed to come.1 3 In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers ' gang Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang ; He trode the ...
... hear , And guessed within the thicket's gloom , Was shown to this philosopher , And at his bidding seemed to come.1 3 In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers ' gang Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang ; He trode the ...
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