 | Oakland (Calif.). First Unitarian Church. Ladies - 1891 - 108 pages
...one who, in casting up an account, has made an error against himself. —Robertson. Tell them, dear, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Deep streams run still — and why? Not because there are no obstacles, but because they altogether... | |
 | Caroline Louisa Hunt - 1891 - 118 pages
...WISDOM OF THE WISE. BEAUTY. 'Tis the stainless soul within That outshines the fairest skin. SIR A. HUNT. If eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. RW EMERSON. BEING GOOD. Nothing is to be compared for value with goodness; riches, honor, power, pleasure,... | |
 | Channing Auxiliary (San Francisco) - 1892 - 136 pages
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, 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 ; I never knew, But in my simple... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 pages
...cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora, if the sages ask thee why Dear, 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, I never knew ; But, in my simple... | |
 | Philip Young - 2010 - 177 pages
...(Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1964), 292, 280. "The Rhodora, " six lines of which — ending, "if eyes were made for seeing, / Then Beauty is its own excuse for being" — are still in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Emerson, a biographer observes, was "searching tirelessly... | |
 | Ronald E. Martin - 1991 - 428 pages
...that cheapens his array. 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! But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power... | |
 | Merrill C. Gilfillan - 1991 - 156 pages
...Blue cohosh berries contrast pleasantly with the fallen yellow leaves. Then one may say with the poet, "If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being." impressions. Each region has its own unique charm and value. Ohio is 27 percent forested, and forests... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...TAP; WGRP The Rhodora 42 Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, never will say no. (1. 8—10) AAS; ErPo; HAP; NAEL-1; NIP; NoP; OBSC; PoE Jack and Joan th Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Elisa New - 1993 - 294 pages
...the poem's peroration: 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: But in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1994 - 386 pages
..."But you will play for me some time: won't you? I've a curious desire to see you do it." "Perhaps I'll try," replied Christie, flattered by his interest,...quoted to Christie almost as freely as to himself. grew there, a living buttercup, with her buff frock off at one plump shoulder and her bright hair shining... | |
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O 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. 
