 To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, 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. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 45edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1857 - 376 pages
...fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay : Here might the red bird come his plume to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array,...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... | |
 | 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 - 356 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 - 1854 - 350 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, 0, rival of the rose .' I never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
 | 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 The selfsame Power that... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...page 8. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in bis inimitable sonnet to the Ehodora : "If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.'' NOTE 2, page 31. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland, was Barclay of... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pages
...10. Rhodora' ! If the sages ask tbee why This charm is wanted 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, oh rival of the roso' ! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But in my simple ignorance supposo The... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...array. 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. * * * ROWLAND BROWN has published some beautiful effusions, in which he has exhibited much delicacy... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...3. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in. nis inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora: " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 81. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland, was Barclay of... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...3. Fot flie idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, ir nis inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : u If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 31. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland, was Barclay of... | |
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