 Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria; the sun-set and moon-rise my Paphos, and unimaginable realms of faerie; broad noon shall be my England of the senses and the understanding; the night shall...  NATURE, ADDRESSES, AND LECTURES - Page 19by RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883Full view - About this book
 | 1838 - 540 pages
...Give me health and a day," he says, " and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria ; the sunset and moonrise my Paphos and unimaginable...; broad noon shall be my England of the senses and understanding; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams." If this subjection of... | |
 | 1844 - 638 pages
...sunset and moon rise my Paphos, and unimaginable realms of fairie; broad noon shall be my England of senses and the understanding; the night shall be my...less susceptibility in the afternoon, was the charm of a January sunset. The western clouds divided and subdivided themselves into pink flakes modulated... | |
 | 1844 - 648 pages
...sunset and moon rise my Paphos, and unimaginable realms of fairie ; broad noon shall be my England of senses and the understanding; the night shall be my...less susceptibility in the afternoon, was the charm of a January sunset. The western clouds divided and subdivided themselves into pink flakes modulated... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...elements 1 Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria; the sunset and moonrise my Paphos, and unimaginable...shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams!" We cannot disguise the fact, that on a first perusal, Emerson offers many difficulties. His writings... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...elements ! Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria; the sun-set and moon-rise my Paphos, and...shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams. and every withered stem and stubble rimed with frost, contribute something to the mute music. The inhabitants... | |
 | 1848 - 916 pages
...contentment, " Give me health and a day, and 1 will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria ; the sunset and moonrise my Paphos, and unimaginable realms of Faerie : broad noon shall bo my Eng-land of the senses and the understanding ; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...elements ! Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn .is my Assyria, the sunset and moonrise my Paphos, and unimaginable .realms of faerie." Mr. Emerson has published a volume of poems, and it has been generally admitted that he has not .succeeded... | |
 | 1850 - 548 pages
...elements ? Give me health and a day, and I will make the nomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria ; the sunset and moon-rise my Paphos, and...be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams."— Nature, pp. 9 — 10, 1 1 — 13, 21 — 22. Most writers are demonized or possessed by some one truth,... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...make the wimp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria ; the sunset and moon-rise my Faphos, and unimaginable realms of faerie; broad noon shall...be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams."— Nature, pp. 9 — 10, 1 1 — 13, 21 — 22. Most writers are demonized or possessed by some one truth,... | |
 | Day Kellogg Lee - 1854 - 368 pages
...elements ! Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria ; the sunset and moonrise my Paphos and unimaginable...shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams." I remarked that I should remember that thought in all my rambles, and feel how wealthy I was with the... | |
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