The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. I, Volume 1Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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Page 29
... all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet . Thus , in his sonnets , the lays of birds , the scents and dyes of flowers , he finds to be the shadow of his beloved ; time , which keeps her from him , IDEALISM . 29.
... all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet . Thus , in his sonnets , the lays of birds , the scents and dyes of flowers , he finds to be the shadow of his beloved ; time , which keeps her from him , IDEALISM . 29.
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... keeps her from him , is his chest ; the sus- picion she has awakened is her ornament ; The ornament of beauty is Suspect , A crow which flies in heaven's sweetest air . His passion is not the fruit of chance ; it swells , as he speaks ...
... keeps her from him , is his chest ; the sus- picion she has awakened is her ornament ; The ornament of beauty is Suspect , A crow which flies in heaven's sweetest air . His passion is not the fruit of chance ; it swells , as he speaks ...
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... keep his courage up . So is the danger a danger still ; so is the fear worse . Manlike let him turn and face it . Let him look into its eye and search its nature , inspect its origin , see the whelping of this lion , which lies no great ...
... keep his courage up . So is the danger a danger still ; so is the fear worse . Manlike let him turn and face it . Let him look into its eye and search its nature , inspect its origin , see the whelping of this lion , which lies no great ...
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... keep all the light in , it is all in vain ; it is gone before you can cry , Hold . And so it happens with our philosophy . Translate , collate , distil all the systems , it steads . you nothing ; for truth will not be compelled , in any ...
... keep all the light in , it is all in vain ; it is gone before you can cry , Hold . And so it happens with our philosophy . Translate , collate , distil all the systems , it steads . you nothing ; for truth will not be compelled , in any ...
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... keep the strain of upper music that peals from it ? Its laws are concealed under the details of daily action . All action is an experiment upon them . He must bear his share of the common load . He must work with men in houses , and not ...
... keep the strain of upper music that peals from it ? Its laws are concealed under the details of daily action . All action is an experiment upon them . He must bear his share of the common load . He must work with men in houses , and not ...
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