The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Printed at the Riverside Press, 1904 |
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... bird from the woodlands to the cage ; The gay enchantment was undone , A gentle wife , but fairy none . Then I said , ' I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; I leave it behind with the games of youth : ' - As I spoke ...
... bird from the woodlands to the cage ; The gay enchantment was undone , A gentle wife , but fairy none . Then I said , ' I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; I leave it behind with the games of youth : ' - As I spoke ...
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... bird ; - Beauty through my senses stole ; I yielded myself to the perfect whole . THE PROBLEM I LIKE a church ; I like a cowl ; I love a prophet of the soul ; And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ...
... bird ; - Beauty through my senses stole ; I yielded myself to the perfect whole . THE PROBLEM I LIKE a church ; I like a cowl ; I love a prophet of the soul ; And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ...
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... bird , By one music enchanted , One deity stirred , - Each the other adorning , Accompany still ; Night veileth the morning , The vapor the hill . " The babe by its mother Lies bathed in joy ; Glide its hours uncounted , The sun is its ...
... bird , By one music enchanted , One deity stirred , - Each the other adorning , Accompany still ; Night veileth the morning , The vapor the hill . " The babe by its mother Lies bathed in joy ; Glide its hours uncounted , The sun is its ...
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... zones and altitudes ; From all natures , sharp and slimy , Salt and basalt , wild and tame : Tree and lichen , ape , sea - lion , Bird , and reptile , be my game . Ivy for my fillet band ; Blinding dog - wood 28 MITHRIDATES MITHRIDATES.
... zones and altitudes ; From all natures , sharp and slimy , Salt and basalt , wild and tame : Tree and lichen , ape , sea - lion , Bird , and reptile , be my game . Ivy for my fillet band ; Blinding dog - wood 28 MITHRIDATES MITHRIDATES.
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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