The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Printed at the Riverside Press, 1904 |
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... leaves , and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell , Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine - tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles , Whilst love and ...
... leaves , and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell , Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine - tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles , Whilst love and ...
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... leaf , Who drinks of Cupid's nectar cup Loveth downward , and not up ; He who loves , of gods or men , Shall not by the same be loved again ; His sweetheart's idolatry Falls , in turn , a new degree . When a god is once beguiled By ...
... leaf , Who drinks of Cupid's nectar cup Loveth downward , and not up ; He who loves , of gods or men , Shall not by the same be loved again ; His sweetheart's idolatry Falls , in turn , a new degree . When a god is once beguiled By ...
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... leaves us in the mire . We cannot learn the cipher That's writ upon our cell ; Stars taunt us by a mystery Which we could never spell . ' If but one hero knew it , The world would blush in flame ; The sage , till he hit the secret ...
... leaves us in the mire . We cannot learn the cipher That's writ upon our cell ; Stars taunt us by a mystery Which we could never spell . ' If but one hero knew it , The world would blush in flame ; The sage , till he hit the secret ...
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... overtaking ; Deep underneath deep ? " Erect as a sunbeam , Upspringeth the palm ; The elephant browses , Undaunted and calm ; In beautiful motion The thrush plies his wings ; Kind leaves of his covert , Your silence he sings THE SPHINX.
... overtaking ; Deep underneath deep ? " Erect as a sunbeam , Upspringeth the palm ; The elephant browses , Undaunted and calm ; In beautiful motion The thrush plies his wings ; Kind leaves of his covert , Your silence he sings THE SPHINX.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. Kind leaves of his covert , Your silence he sings . " The waves , unashamèd , In difference sweet , Play glad with the breezes , Old playfellows meet ; The journeying atoms , Primordial wholes ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. Kind leaves of his covert , Your silence he sings . " The waves , unashamèd , In difference sweet , Play glad with the breezes , Old playfellows meet ; The journeying atoms , Primordial wholes ...
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