...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 marsh and sky, 10 Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse...

...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, 10 Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is...never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose 1' The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. Ralph Waldo Emerson. CCLXXIX THE GOOD PART...

...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 marsh and sky, 10 Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse...

...subject is that of the poet, who, when asked whence came the rhodora, replied: " Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance supposed The self-same power that brought me there brought you." J A few exceptions to this general...

...subject is that of the poet, who, when asked whence came the rhodora, replied : " Why them wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance supposed The self-same power that brought me there brought you." ' A few exceptions to this general...

...— Hera might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. me here a little, while аз yet Ч is early morn, — Leave me marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for...

...array. Rhodora I if the sages ask theo why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, re In chaining down hie heart, and watching 32 AMBITION. AMBITION. To rise by human weaknesses. О rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, sword ; BE-A.TJTY. BE-A-TJTY. 910. BEAUTY,...

...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 eard so high. — I '11 look no more ; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down he sel fsamc Power that brought me there brought you. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. THE BROOM-FLOWER. 0 THF. broom,...

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...For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Ehodora, — " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 42, page 121. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland was Barclay...