| 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
...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 were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...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 were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being ; Why... | |
| 1857 - 376 pages
...might the red bird come his plume 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 were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 pages
...6. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 54. Winnipiseogee : " Smile of the Great Spirit." NOTE 3, page 70. This legend is the... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...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 were made for seeing,...beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
| 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... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...why This charm is wasted on the marsh and skv. Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made (or secir.; Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! [ never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [vw The selfsame Power that... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 pages
...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 were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...page 8. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in bis inimitable sonnet to the Ehodora : "If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.'' NOTE 2, page 31. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland, was Barclay of... | |
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