 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
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 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...; — 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... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 pages
...modern men, won much the same with that which Emerson has nc^M his poem Each and All : " I thought of the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on...and sky — He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; Bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 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...pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and height; sky;— He sang to my ear,—they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...life to thy neighbour's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. nd will not turn on our heel to save our life : but a book or a.bust, cheers not now. For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 332 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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...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. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...flying ball ; The date fails not on the palm-tree tall; 3468 Emerson • Woodnotes. Ft. ii. Line 265 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his iiest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
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