 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 rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew:...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems - Page 38by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...sky, 10 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never...never knew : But, in my simple ignorance, suppose is The self -same Power that brought me there brought you. EACH AND ALL. LITTLE thinks, in the field,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...and sky. Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! I never...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being ; Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never...self-same power that brought me there, brought you. THE HUMBLE BEE. BURLY dozing humble bee ! Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto Rique,... | |
 | 1850 - 550 pages
...and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose, I never...selfsame power that brought me there brought you." Man liveth not by bread alone. That is useful, we cheerfully grant, which ministers to our comfort,... | |
 | 1857 - 376 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask — I never...The self-same Power that brought me there brought yon! OUR LIBRARY TABLE. THOMAS HOOD THE YOUNGER. PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES. By Thomas Hood. (London:... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask — I...self-same power that brought me there, brought you. f0 mnrst. HK White. M ILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine,... | |
 | 1854 - 362 pages
...dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask — I never...self-same power that brought me there, brought you. HK White. ILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 350 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, 0, rival of the rose .' I never thought to ask, I never...knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose The selfsame 1'owcr that brought me there, brought you. c. ln f fl J, 'rL— i •'•rro Vtf & h :M° THE EVENING... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...(or secir.; Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! [ Millan"1 Griswold Rufus Wilmot" Rufus @ [vw The selfsame Power that brought me there, broo|b THE SNOW-STORM. by all the trumpets of the skr... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 pages
...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 rival of the rose! I never...self-same power that brought me there, brought you." Mr. Matthew Arnold says that French criticism calls real simplicity, " simplicite," and the semblance... | |
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