The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... star so holy shines , I laugh at the lore and the pride of man , At the sophist schools and the learned clan ; For what are they all , in their high conceit , When man in the bush with God may meet ? EACH AND ALL LITTLE thinks , in the ...
... star so holy shines , I laugh at the lore and the pride of man , At the sophist schools and the learned clan ; For what are they all , in their high conceit , When man in the bush with God may meet ? EACH AND ALL LITTLE thinks , in the ...
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... stars to deck her hair : He mixes music with her thoughts , And saddens her with heavenly doubts : All grace , all good his great heart ' knows , Profuse in love , the king bestows , Saying , Hearken ! Earth , Sea , Air ! This monument ...
... stars to deck her hair : He mixes music with her thoughts , And saddens her with heavenly doubts : All grace , all good his great heart ' knows , Profuse in love , the king bestows , Saying , Hearken ! Earth , Sea , Air ! This monument ...
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... Stars taunt us by a mystery Which we could never spell.1 If but one hero knew it , The world would blush in flame ; The sage , till he hit the secret , Would hang his head for shame . Our brothers have not read it ,. Not one has found ...
... Stars taunt us by a mystery Which we could never spell.1 If but one hero knew it , The world would blush in flame ; The sage , till he hit the secret , Would hang his head for shame . Our brothers have not read it ,. Not one has found ...
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... 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 lawyer's deed Ran sure , In tail , To them , and to their heirs Who shall succeed , Without ...
... 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 lawyer's deed Ran sure , In tail , To them , and to their heirs Who shall succeed , Without ...
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... , Grass - buds and caterpillar - shrouds , Boughs on which the wild bees settle , Tints that spot the violet's petal , Why Nature loves the number five , And why the star - form she repeats : ' WOODNOTES I WOODNOTES II.
... , Grass - buds and caterpillar - shrouds , Boughs on which the wild bees settle , Tints that spot the violet's petal , Why Nature loves the number five , And why the star - form she repeats : ' WOODNOTES I WOODNOTES II.
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