 | 1891 - 448 pages
...them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask,...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. (Beorge Xunt. 1803-1885. PILGRIM SONG. Over the... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 288 pages
...them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why then wert there, O rival of the rose, I never thought to ask,...never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same power that brought me there brought yon. HYMN. Sung at the completion of the Concord Monument,... | |
 | 1891 - 168 pages
...them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask,...never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. EMERSON (The Rhodora J. 72 HAST thou named all the... | |
 | Albert H. Smyth - 1889 - 324 pages
...them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being ; Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask,...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought you. MARGARET FULLER. THE TRUE CRITICISM. [From Papers... | |
 | 1891 - 734 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there, brought you. EMERSON. I SLEPT AND DREAMED. I SLEPT, and dreamed... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 296 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why tliou wert there, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self -same power that brought me there brought you. HYMN. (.Sung at the completion of the Concord Monument,... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 pages
...tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask,...never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. IL THE FRINGED GENTIAN. EMERSON. Thou blossom, bright... | |
 | Channing Auxiliary (San Francisco) - 1892 - 136 pages
...tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask...never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose The selfsame Power that brought me there brought you. RAi,rn WALDO EMERSON. 45 THE virtues of forbearance... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1892 - 508 pages
...joyfully acknowledged his brotherhood with the flower — Why thon wert there, 0 rival of the rose I I never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance supposed The self -same power that brought me there brought you.1 A few exceptions to the general state... | |
 | Charles Stedman Newhall - 1893 - 258 pages
...them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask,...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The self-same power that brought me there brought you." RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Lapland Rose Bay. R. Lappdnicum,... | |
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Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew:... 
