 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose!  An Emerson Calendar - Page 44by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Consuelo R. Jackson - 2003 - 374 pages
...wanted to hear about your visit, Anak." Alfonso let out a low chuckle. He took a seat beside his mother. 'If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being," he said. "Quoting whom? Speak from your own heart, Ponsing," she said. "I know Lydia's simplicity is... | |
 | Kris Fresonke - 2003 - 220 pages
...barely rise to the occasion. A single flower is meant to verify the spiritual truth of the senses: "if eyes were made for seeing, / Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." The strongest impression of the poem is its skepticism, indicating that design was far from a settled... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 264 pages
...gay; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted...Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert here, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But in my simple ignorance, suppose... | |
 | George Rapanos - 2006 - 295 pages
...It brought to mind, Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem: 49 The Rhodora On Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted...for seeing Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. Beauty needs no explanation. It has a divine right to sovereignty. Love is always there. Love is inexhaustible.... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee Gill - 2006 - 136 pages
...this, but LW and Tom don't. Please quit talking." I remember her reciting in her soft southern voice, "Rhodora, if the sages ask thee why/ This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,/ Tell them, deah, that if eyes were made for seeing,/ Then beauty is its own excuse for being." Once Mrs. Black... | |
 | Stephanie Lintz - 2007 - 132 pages
...book is an opportunity to cherish the beauty that is uniquely yours. The Seven Virtues of Inner Beauty "If eyes were made for seeing, Then, Beauty is its own excuse for being."7 — Ralph Waldo Emerson Beauty as defined in Webster's Dictionary is, "An assemblage of graces... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2007 - 329 pages
...gay; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, 10 TeE them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why... | |
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