 In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty...  Lights of Two Centuries - Page 256edited by - 1887 - 603 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, 5 Made the black water with their beauty 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 wasted on the earth and sky, 10 Tell them, dear, that if... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...beauty gsy ; Young RAPHAEL might covet such a school; The lively show beguiled me from my 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 its own excuse for... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty 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 wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...sluggish brook. The purple petals fallen in the pool Made the black water with their beauty 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 wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-breast come, his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why Thy charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 350 pages
...gay ; Young RAPHAEL might covet such a school ; The lively show beguiled me from my 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 its own excuse for... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1860 - 368 pages
...the curious To please the desert and the slaggUh brouk. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Make the black water with their beauty gay; Hero might...cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array." In Concoa-nut Hollow the Blood-root (Sanyuinaria canadcntis) blossoms in abundance. Concoa-nut Hollow,... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1860 - 364 pages
...II. 2 To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in tho pool, Make thu black water with their beauty gay; Hero might the...cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array." In Concoa-nut Hollow the Blood-root (Sanguinaria canadcnsis) blossoms in abundance. Concoa-nut Hollow,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 pages
...brook. ] The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty 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 wasted on the marsh and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...sluggish brook : The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black waters with their beauty 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 wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them that if eyes... | |
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