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" THINK me not unkind and rude, That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men. Tax not my sloth that I Fold my arms beside the brook; Each cloud that floated in the sky Writes a letter in my book. Chide me not,... "
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems - Page 119
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918
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Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...and rude That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men. Tax not my sloth that I Fold my arms beside the brook...loaded with a thought. There was never mystery But 'tis figured in the flowers ; Was never secret history But birds tell it in the bowers. One harvest...
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Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...and rude, That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men. Tax not my sloth that I Fold my arms beside the brook;...loaded with a thought. There was never mystery, But 'tis figured in the flowers, Was never secret history, But birds tell it in the bowers. One harvest...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 29

1847 - 886 pages
...rude, That I walk aloue in grove and glen ; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men. ' Tax not my sloth, that I Fold my arms beside the brook ; Each cloud that floateth in the sky Write* a letter in my book. ' Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flow'rs...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 29

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1847 - 604 pages
...Tax not my sloth, that I Fold my arms beside the brook ; Each cloud that floatcth in the sky Write! a letter in my book. ' Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flow'rs I brought, Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought. 1 There was never mystery...
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The Sibyl: Or, New Oracles from the Poets

Caroline Howard Gilman - 1848 - 320 pages
...Trees, from the Cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall." Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers...aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought. RW EMERSON. Your voiceless lips, oh flowers, are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit, and each leaf...
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The Living Authors of America: 1st ser

Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...bard Must strike the chords rudely and hard, As with hammer, or with mace, That they may render back. Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers...loaded with a thought. There was never mystery, But 'tis figured in the flowers ; Was never secret history, But birds told it in the bowers. The harvest...
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The Living Authors of America: 1st ser

Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...bard Must strike the chords rudely and hard, As with hammer, or with mace, That they may render back. Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers...loaded with a thought. There was never mystery, But 'tis figured in the flowers ; Was never secret history, But birds told it in the bowers. The harvest...
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Lotos-eating: a Summer Book

George William Curtis - 1852 - 214 pages
...§00L BT GKEOEGKE WILLIAM CUBTIS, mi A," BTC. ETc. " There 's rosemary—that 's for remembranoe." " Tax not my sloth, that I Fold my arms beside the brook; Each cloud that floated in the aky Writes a letter in my book. Ohide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought— Every...
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The Poets and Poetry of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...I Fold my arms beside the brook £ach cloud that floated in the skj Writes a letter in my bi>ok. " Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers...loaded with a thought "There was never mystery But Ч is figured iu the flowers; Was never secret history But birds t«ll it in the bowers. " One harvest...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...industry, and bearing sueh rare fruit As wealth may never purehase. itrs. Sigourney's Poeme. Qiide me not, laborious band. For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goee home loaded with a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Work for some good, be it ever so slowly ; Cherish...
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