Cities of mortals woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides. Sheen will tarnish, honey cloy, And merry is only a mask of sad, But, sober on a fund of joy, The woods at heart are glad. Complete Works - Page 212by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
| 1872 - 806 pages
...seriously, do you mean to say that there are such ? THE ANCIENT. " Still on the seeds of all he raada The rose of beauty burns ; Through times that wear, and forms that fade. Immortal youth returns.0 GALAHAD (drawing a long breath). How beautiful ! THE ANCIENT. " Thou canst not wave thy staff... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 226 pages
...woe-begone Fantastic care derides, t But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides. Sheen will tarnish, honey cloy, And merry is only a mask of sad,...The rose of beauty burns ; Through times that wear, aud forms that fade, Immortal youth returns. The black ducks mounting from the lake, The pigeon in... | |
| 1872 - 794 pages
...seriously, do you mean to say that there are such ? THE ANCIENT. " Still on the seeds of all he mada • The rose of beauty burns ; Through times that wear, and forms that fade, Immortal youth returns." GALAHAD (drawing a long breath). How beautiful ! THE ANCIENT. " Thou canst not wave thy staff in air,... | |
| Bayard Taylor - 1873 - 202 pages
...lias been suggested. ZoiLUS. Now, seriously, do you mean to say that there are such ? THE ANCIENT. " Still on the seeds of all he made The rose of beauty...wear, and forms that fade, Immortal youth returns." GALAHAD (drawing a long breath}. How beautiful ! THE ANCIENT. " Thou canst not wave thy staff in air,... | |
| Lucy Larcom - 1876 - 278 pages
...woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides. Sheen will tarnish, honey cloy, And merry is only a mask of sad,...fade, Immortal youth returns. The black ducks mounting from the lake, The pigeon in the pines, The bittern's boom, a desert make Which no false art refines.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides. Sheen will tarnish, honey cloy, And merry is only a mask of sad,...fade, Immortal youth returns. The black ducks mounting from the lake, The pigeon in the pines, The bittern's boom, a desert make Which no false art refines.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides. Sheen will tarnish, honey cloy, And merry is only a mask of sad,...Still on the seeds of all he made The rose of beauty bums; Through times that wear, and forms that fade, Immortal youth returns. The black ducks mounting... | |
| Bayard Taylor - 1877 - 268 pages
...has been suggested. Zoi'LUS. Now, seriously, do you mean to say that there are such ? THE ANCIENT. " Still on the seeds of all he made The rose of beauty burns ; Thtough times that wear, and forms that fade, Immortal youth returns." GALAHAD (drawing a long breath).... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 pages
...landscape lone Stern benefit abides. Sheen will tarnish, honey cloy, And merry is only a mask of bad, But, sober on a fund of joy, The woods at heart are...fade, Immortal youth returns. The black ducks mounting from the lake, The pigeon in the pines, The bittern's boom, a desert make Which no false art refines.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 pages
...landscape lone Stern benefit abides. Sheen will tarnish, honey cloy, And merry is only a mask of bad, But, sober on a fund of joy, The woods at heart are...wear, and forms that fade, Immortal youth returns. Tlie black ducks mounting from the lake, The pigeon in the pines, The bittern's boom, a desert make... | |
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