 | 1845 - 670 pages
...ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...though imperfect, become the songs of the nations." — " It is not metres, but a metre-making argument, that makes a poem — a thought so passionate... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1860 - 448 pages
...lose ever and anon a word or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...though imperfect, become the songs of the nations." Thus have we, in a brief and unworthy manner, indicated some views of these books. The only true criticism... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 380 pages
...lose ever and anon a word or a verse and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.* The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...indifferent modes of the divine energy. Words are also a£tiojis«-and actions.are a kind of words,. The sign and credentials of the poet are that he announces... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 238 pages
...verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate car write down these cadences more faithfully, and these...become the songs of the nations. For nature is as truly beantiful as it is good, or as it is reasonable, and must as much appear, as it must be done, or be... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 320 pages
...ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...as it is good, or as it is reasonable, and must as 1 much appear, as it must be done, or be known. Words and deeds are quite indifferent modes of the... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1895 - 458 pages
...lose ever and anon a word or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...though imperfect, become the songs of the nations." Thus have we, in a brief and unworthy manner, indicated some views of these books. The only true criticism... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1895 - 440 pages
...lose ever and anon a word or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences more faithfully, and these transcript?, though imperfect, become the songs of the nations." Thus have we, in a brief and unworthy... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 268 pages
...lose ever and anon a word or verse and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...transcripts, though imperfect, become the songs of nations.2 Few poets ever heard more clearly those primal warblings than Emerson, and his transcripts... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 382 pages
...ever and anon a word or a verse and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem. 1 The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...and deeds are quite indifferent modes of the divine eriergy. Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words. X The sign and credentials of the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 602 pages
...lose ever and anon a word or a verse, and substitute something of our own and thus miswrite the poem. The men of more delicate ear write down these cadences...transcripts, though imperfect, become the songs of Nations." He saw the stream of Nature and Spirit always flowing, and he told his friend Dr. Bartol,... | |
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... written before time was, and whenever we are so finely organized that we can penetrate into that region where the air is music, we hear those primal warblings and attempt to write them down, but we lose ever and anon a word or a verse and substitute... 
