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 Ladies' Companion - Page 431857Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, 10 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,...is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew : But, in my simple ignorance, suppose is... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...way. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh 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 thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you.... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...sages ask thec why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eves were m:ule 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, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array....is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...fallen in the pool Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array....is its own excuse for being ; Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask; I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
| 1850 - 550 pages
...discover. " Rhodona ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasicd on the marsh 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 thought to ask, I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose, The... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 pages
...6. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 54. Winnipiseogee : " Smile of the Great Spirit." NOTE 3, page 70. This legend is the... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 358 pages
...plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why Thy charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear,...beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, (hat 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, But in my simple ignorance suppose [youThe... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...why This charm is wasted on the marsh and skv. Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made (or secir.; Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! [ never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [vw... | |
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