 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 pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my...  An Emerson Calendar - Page 53by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...and sky ; He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye. 10 ! 2i8 OUR POETICAL FAVORITES. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. n. For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave;... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 418 pages
...Nothingj is fair, or good.)ali5r?e. I thought the spajrpw's notejfrom heaven, Singing at daVny)n the algpr bough • I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not fibw, in For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — -J^ ^"~ f \4 :^ ~N ^^ ije^ sang to my ear,... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...life to thy neighbour's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...and sky ; He sang to my ear ; they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - 200 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...Thy life to thy neigh bor's creed has lent. AH are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; ] brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I diil... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...life to thy neigh Iwr's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. 1 thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; 1 brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not... | |
 | 1876 - 508 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...and sky: He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...life, to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...sky;— He sang to my ear,— they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
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