 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...pool, 5 Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora...thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, 10 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...their 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 - 244 pages
...pool Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora...Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being ; Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora...Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought... | |
 | 1857 - 376 pages
...pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay : Here might the red bird come his plume to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array, Rhodora...Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-breast come, his plumes to cool, And court the flower 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, Then... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 350 pages
...their beauty 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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 pages
...pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay — Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora...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 Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...pool, Made the black waters with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora...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... | |
 | 1862 - 588 pages
...Mr. Emerson, in which he thus apostrophises it. "Rhodora ! if the aagee ask thee why This charm ¡a wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for »eeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, rival of the rose ! I never thought... | |
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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... 
