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; broad noon shall be my England of the senses and the understanding; the night shall... An Emerson Calendar - Page 45by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
| Roger V. Bell - 2004 - 618 pages
...most dramatically in his essay "An Emerson Mood" of 1980, where, encouraged by the lines from Emerson: "broad noon shall be my England of the senses and...shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams," Cavell gains the determination for "the putting together of day and night, of body and soul . . . of... | |
| William Potter - 2004 - 274 pages
...an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling" (85; ch. 17), Emerson's bold claim in "Nature": "Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous," and Carlyle's wry observation, "With Stupidity and sound Digestion man may front much" (Sartor Resartus... | |
| Clayne R. Jensen, Steven Guthrie - 2006 - 392 pages
...sources? federal fund since the 1960s has historically been CHAPTER Economic Factors in Outdoor Recreation Give me health and a day and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. Ralph Waldo Emerson Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2006 - 98 pages
...never tired, so long as we can see far enough. How does Nature deify us with a few and cheap elements! Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds,... | |
| Philipp Mehne - 2008 - 234 pages
...over against my house, from day-break to sun-rise, with emotions which an angel might share. [...]. Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp...is my Assyria; the sun-set and moon-rise my Paphos [...]; broad noon shall be my England of the senses; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy... | |
| Ludger H. Viefhues-Bailey - 2007 - 210 pages
...Emerson speaks about the presence of dreams in common and seemingly unspectacular places. Emerson writes: Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp...The dawn is my Assyria; the sunset and moonrise my Pathos, and unimaginable realms of faerie; broad noon shall be my England of the senses and the understanding;... | |
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