...and echo, man and maid, The land reflected in the flood, Body with shadow still pursued; For nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than thou ; The wood and wave each other know. Not unrelated, unaflied, But to...

...and echo, man and maid, The land reflected in the flood, Body with shadow still pursued. For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than thou ; The wood and wave each other know. Not unrelated, unaffied, But to...

...and echo, man and maid ; The land reflected in the flood; Body with shadow still pursued. For nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than thou : The wood and wave each other know. Not unrelated, unaffied, But to...

...and echo, man and maid, The land reflected in the flood, Body with shadow still pursued. For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. RALPH WALDO EMF.USON. PREFACE, ALLEGORICAL PORTRAITS OF NATURE; OR, VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL CHARACTERS....

...beauty : — " Thou canst not wave thy staff ill the air, Or dip thy padcle in the lake, But it forms the bow of beauty there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake.'1 After a survey of the glories of creation, the thought that first suggests itself to a reflective...

...that fade. Immortal youth returns.0 GALAHAD (drawing a long breath). How beautiful ! THE ANCIENT. " Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle...carves the bow of Beauty there. And the ripples in rhyme the oar forsake." ZOILUS. Peccavi ! THE ANCIENT. Then I will lock up my half-unbolted thunders....

...in carving whales' teeth with designs of rough and unmistakable charm. But where is beauty absent ? Thou canst not wave thy staff in air Or dip thy paddle...carves the bow of beauty there And the ripples in rhyme the oar forsake. In these lodges the men in summer went about naked as the woodland deities themselves,...

...these exquisite effects ; — CHASING PRODUCED BY WAVES. 233 " Thou canst not wave thy staff in the air, Or dip thy paddle in the lake, But it carves the hrow of beauty there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake." Now, all that we have said regarding...

...beauty, sometimes by that, but yet more by the complex mass of glory of the universe. " For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every rune ; Whether she work on land or sea, Or hide underground her alchemy. Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle...

...will, The world is full of rocks which need thy skill. 0! to w X I NOTES ON NATURAL SCENERY. Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every...there. And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. RW EMERSON. Picturesqueness is the characteristic of natural scenery. The beauty which results from...