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... Emerson as a Poet - Page 66by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pagesFull 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,...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
...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...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... | |
| 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....ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. NCED by all the trumpets of... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...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 why This charm is...never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. THE HUMBLE-BEE. BURLY, dozing, humble-bee, Where... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...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 why This charm is...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The self-same power that brought me there, brought you. THE HUMBLE BEE. BURLY dozing humble bee ! Where... | |
| 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...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose, The selfsame power that brought me there brought you." Man liveth not by bread alone. That is useful, we... | |
| 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 knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought yon! OUR LIBRARY TABLE. THOMAS HOOD THE YOUNGER. PEN... | |
| 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...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [youThe selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. A •»• VKI \ c MI by all... | |
| 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...never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same power that brought me there, brought you. f0 mnrst. HK White. M ILD offspring of a dark and... | |
| 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 knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same power that brought me there, brought you. HK White. ILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire... | |
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