 And brier-roses, dwelt among; All beside was unknown waste, All was picture as he passed. Wiser far than human seer, Yellow-breeched philosopher ! Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff,...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems - Page 40by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...Sipping only what is sweet, 55 Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat. When the fierce northwestern blast Cools sea and land so far and fast, Thou already slumberest deep; 60 Woe and want thou canst outsleep; Want and woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. FORBEARANCE.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...what is swoet Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff and take the wheat. When the fieree north-western blast Cools sea and land so far and fast, — Thou already slumberest deep, Wo and want thou canst outeleep ; Want and wo which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. THE RHODORA.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...fair, Sipping only what is sweet Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff and take the wheat. When the fierce north-western blast Cools sea and...so far and fast, — Thou already slumberest deep, Wo and want thou canst outsleep ; Want and wo which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. THE RHODORA.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 560 pages
...fair, Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat. When the fierce northwestern blast Cools sea and land...woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous." |se of meaning in them. But if unlearned or forgetful, aference, no direct statement, no charitable... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...fair, Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff and take the wheat. When the fierce north-western blast Cools sea and...so far and fast, Thou already slumberest deep,— Wo and want thou canst out-sleep,— Want and wo which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. BERRYING.... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat ; When the fierce northwestern blast Cools sea and land...woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous." This quotation, somewhat too long for our plan, we really had not the heart to shorten. It is a fine... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat ; When the fierce northwestern blast Cools sea and land...woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous." the fancy ; but, nevertheless, this will always bo considered a gem of delightful composition. We must... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...fair, Sipping only what is sweet Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff and take the wheat. When the fierce north-western blast Cools sea and...so far and fast, — Thou already slumberest deep, Wo and want thou canst outsleep ; Want and wo which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. THE RHODORA.... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...fair, Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost uiock at fate and care, Leave the chaff and take the wheat. When the fierce north-western blast Cools sea and...woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. TO MY LOVE. SHAKSPERE'S Sonnets are seldom read, but they abound in truest poetry. Perhaps it is that... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...fair, Sipping only what is sweet Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff and take the «heu When the fierce north-western blast Cools sea and land so far and fast,— Thou already slu interest deep, Wo and want thou canst outsleep ; Want and wo which torture us, Thy sleep makes... | |
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