 The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs; I inhaled the violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground; Over me soared the eternal sky. Full of light and of deity; Again I...  An Emerson Calendar - Page 42by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...the woodlands to the cage ; — • The gay enchantment was undone, A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, "I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's...violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...j The gay enchantment was undone, j A gentle wife, but fairy none. I Then I said, "I covet truth; I Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; I leave it behind...violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity;... | |
 | 1876 - 508 pages
...from the woodlands to the cage ; The gay enchantment was undone — A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's...I leave it behind with the games of youth." — As 1 spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, "I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; 1 leave it behind with the games of youth."— As I...violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1877 - 204 pages
...noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; I leave it behind with the games of j-outh." — As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...bird from the woodlands to tin cage; The gay enchantment was undone — A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, "I covet truth; Beauty is unripe childhood's...club-moss burrs; I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around mo stood the oaks and tirs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground.Over me soared the eternal sky,... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...bird from the woodlands to the cage,The gay enchantment was undone, A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, " I covet Truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's...curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burns ; I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 pages
...the woodlands to the cage ; 12. The gay enchantment was undone — A gentle wife, but fairy none. 13. Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's...cheat — I leave it behind with the games of youth." 14. As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Eunning over the club-moss... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 pages
...from the woodlands to the cage ; The gay enchantment was undone — A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's...its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs ; l inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 pages
...spoke, beneath my feet The ground pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burs ; I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me stood the...and firs ; Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity ; 9. Again I saw, again I heard The rolling... | |
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