 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye.  Complete Works - Page 14by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home in his nest at even ; 15 He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky...shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave 20 Fresh pearl to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Dinging at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, Ho sane to my ear, these sang to my eye.... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 pages
...dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even,— He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.— BW Emerson. » Eule ix., Rem. 7. b In apposition with it. c This is an idiomatic use of the verb had.... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 272 pages
...Beattle. I thought the sparrow's note e from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river nnd sky, He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...good alone. I sought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even ;— He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear ; they sang to my... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pages
...on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — Tie sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, .//is sang to my ear, they sang to my eye. — R. W, Emerson. a Rule ix., Eem. 7. '• In apposition... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1852 - 502 pages
...: — " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven Singing at dawn, from the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear — they sang to my... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song, but it pleases not now, for I did not bring home the river and sky, He san? to my ear, these sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles of the latest... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pages
...flower torn from its stem and its associations, would be inadequate to convey an idea of its beauty. "The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles...the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave; I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly noisome... | |
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