I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye. Poems - Page 7by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2007 - 328 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. 10 All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the...alder bough; I brought him home in his nest at even ; 15 He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...Nor knowest thou what argument ' Thy life to thy neighbour's creed hath lent, All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Dinging at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed hath lent, All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the...not bring home the river and sky, He sang to my ear, these sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Sinking at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in...not bring home the river and sky, He sang to my ear, these sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore— The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 pages
...Some deemed himc wondrous wise, and some believed hime mad.— Beattle. I thought the sparrow's note e from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ;...and sky, He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.— BW Emerson. » Eule ix., Rem. 7. b In apposition with it. c This is an idiomatic use of the verb had.... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 272 pages
...deemed him« wondrous wise, and some believed hime mad. — Beattle. I thought the sparrow's note e from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ;...pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river nnd sky, He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye. — RW Emerson. a Rule is., Bem. 7. '' In apposition... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 pages
...sighed, yet blessed the lad : Some deemed him0 wondrous wise, and some believed hime mad. — .HcAiitic,. I thought the sparrow's note « from heaven, Singing...alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — Tie sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, .//is sang... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...Xor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed hath lent, All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the...now, for I did not bring home the river and sky, He san? to my ear, these sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore — The bubbles of the latest... | |
| Anne Pratt - 1852 - 502 pages
...this bird that the poet wrote : — " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven Singing at dawn, from the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at...sky ; He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye." But to return to our sober little bird, which, if its song is sweet, is at least not remarkable for... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...mother's lessons writ. • Willis's Poems. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest,...; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. Ralph Waldo Emersm The green earth sends its ineense up From every mountain shrine — From every flower... | |
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