 Took the largest part of me : For this losing is true dying ; This is lordly man's down-lying, This his slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. 0 child of paradise, Boy who made dear his father's home, In whose" deep eyes Men read the...  Emerson's Complete Works: Poems - Page 133by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...This is lordly man's down-lying, This is slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. O child of Paradise ! Boy who made dear his father's...deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come ; I am too much bereft; The world dishonoured thou hast left; O truths and natures costly lie; O trusted,... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1847 - 576 pages
...is lordly man's down-lying, This his slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. " O child of paradise, Boy who made dear his father's...deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come, I am too much bereft. The world dishonored thou hast left. O truth's and nature's costly lie ! O trusted... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1847 - 570 pages
...is lordly man's down-lying, This his slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. " O child of paradise, Boy who made dear his father's...deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come, I am too much bereft. The world dishonored thou hast left. O truth's and nature's costly lie ! O trusted... | |
 | M. A. H. - 1849 - 160 pages
...down-lying, This his slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. O child of paradise, In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come, I am too much bereft. The world dishonored thou hast left. O Truth's and Nature's costly lie ! O trusted... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 266 pages
...This is lordly man's down-lying, This his slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. 0 child of paradise, Boy who made dear his father's...future lost! THE deep Heart answered, ' Weepest thou 1 Worthier cause for passion wild If I had not taken the child. And deemest thou as those who pore,... | |
 | 1847 - 572 pages
...Boy who made dear his father's home, In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come, I am too much bereft. The world dishonored thou hast...and nature's costly lie ! O trusted broken prophecy I O richest fortune sourly crossed 1 Born for the future, to the future lost ! " — pp. 240 - 244.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...This is lordly man's down-lying, This his slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. 0 child of paradise, Boy who made dear his father's...future, to the future lost! THE deep Heart answered, 'Weepcst tliou? Worthier cause for passion wild If I had not taken the child. And deemest tlion as... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...This is lordly man's down-lying, This his slow but sure reclining, Star by star his world resigning. 0 child of Paradise, Boy who made dear his father's...much bereft. The world dishonored thou hast left. Oh, truth's and nature 's costly lie! Oh, trusted broken prophecy ! Olí richest fortune sourly crossed... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...cannot remake him ; Fate let him fall, Fate can't retake him ; Nature, Fate, men, him seek in vain. " O child of Paradise ! Boy who made dear his father's...deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come ! I am too much hereft. The world dishonored thou hast left. Oh, Truth's and Nature's costly liel Oh,... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...am too much bereft. The world dishonored thou hast left. Oh, Truth's and Nature's costly lie ! Oh, richest fortune sourly crossed! Born for the future, to the future lost ! " Thus far, and through many more stanzas, the "Threnody" breathes the mournful tone of the Greek... | |
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