 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
 | 1925 - 700 pages
...than statistics. It is a corruptor of youth. A word out of its surroundings is as Emerson's sparrow: "I thought the sparrow's note from Heaven, Singing...brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings his song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear, —... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. 1 " he said, — " I knew ; 1 brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not ПОЛУ, For I... | |
 | 1880 - 670 pages
...and the fifteen at the conclusion had been omitted. Among its best are these lovely poetic verses : " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven. Singing at dawn on the elder bough ; i88i.J THE POETRY OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 129 I brought htm home in his nest at even... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 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... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 498 pages
...fair or good alone. 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...; — 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... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. en not thine have trod my nursery floor; And where...day, Drew me to school along the public way, Deligh thn song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky;He sang to my ear, —... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...receive the sou'. Byron, DJ In. 120. I heard the sparrow's note from heaven, ' Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest,...; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I brought not home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. ^Emerson. NAVIGATION.... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 454 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 at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings tiie song, but it pleases not now,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 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 at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
 | 1883 - 270 pages
...the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill. JOHN MILTOS. THE SPARROW'S NOTE. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...and sky ; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye. EW EMERSON. THE GLOW-WORM. Nor crush a worm, whose useful light Might serve, however small, To show... | |
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