 In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed,...  Miscellanies, Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures - Page 7by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1899 - 222 pages
...after some stay in a forest. Emerson speaks of this inspiration thus: ''In the woods a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and, at what period soever of life, is aways a child." (JV«tuot;, Chapter I.) The imaginative quality of the word centers in this element.... | |
 | Willis Stanley Blatchley - 1902 - 286 pages
...happiness and pleasure ? And then, as Emerson, in his Essay on Nature, says: "In the woods a man casts off his years as the snake his slough, and at what period...always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth." I do not desire to grow old too soon, and so will seek in the way that I have chosen that fountain... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...youth. Within these plantations of God a decorum and a sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 436 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...youth. Within these plantations 'of God, a decorum and sancjity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. ... In the woods, too, a man easts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of his life is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth." Also Discipline: "The moral influence... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 464 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to 7 reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no calamity (leaving... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1906 - 324 pages
...enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...Within these plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reigns, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand... | |
 | Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1907 - 396 pages
...our fathers reft the land. — SCOTT. XXXVIII Memorize: — IN AND INTO In the woods a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth— EMERSON. Into the jaws of death, Into the mouth of hell, Rode the six hundred. —TENNYSON. Notice... | |
 | Ernest Albert Baker - 1908 - 316 pages
...enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...Within these plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reigns, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand... | |
 | 1911 - 860 pages
...printed in the August number. — PUBLISHER.] OUR FRIENDS, THE TREES. "!N the woods a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period...youth. Within these plantations of God a decorum and a sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them... | |
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