 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
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 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 the song, but it pleases not now... | |
 | 1891 - 168 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... | |
 | Charles Wesley Emerson - 1891 - 250 pages
...listening to the melodies. The poet says : " 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." After the poet has tested those manifestations in nature and human experience which give the highest... | |
 | Charles Wesley Emerson - 1891 - 258 pages
...listening to the melodies. The poet says : "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." After the poet has tested those manifestations in nature and human experience which give the highest... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1891 - 334 pages
...listening to the melodies. The poet says : , " 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." After the poet has tested those manifestations in nature and human experience which give the highest... | |
 | Mary Richardson - 1891 - 268 pages
...listening to the melodies. The poet says : " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...nest at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not ni.w, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye." After... | |
 | 1896 - 710 pages
...heaven. Singing at dawn on an elder bough; I bro't him home In his nest at even,— He sings the soug but It pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and skyHe sang to my ear— they sang to my eye." This sentiment is very graphically illustrated also in... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...about the education of children. Read, if accessible, "Essay on Manners." — Emerson. To be memorized: 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 gave... | |
 | 1894 - 360 pages
...fair or good alone. I 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...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... | |
 | Frederick Noël Paton - 1894 - 604 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." So an endeavour has been made to bring the "river and sky" into the book along with the birds; and... | |
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