 These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.  Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 123by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...but quotes some saint or sage.20 He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...is no more; in the leafless root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers;... | |
 | Le Baron Russell Briggs - 1904 - 260 pages
...am,' but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...are for what they are ; they exist with God to-day." " I call upon you, young men, to obey your heart and be the nobility of this land." Here is the star... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 70 pages
...but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. 25 These roses under my window make no reference to former...rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence jt Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower, there is no more ; in... | |
 | Charles Brodie Patterson - 1906 - 266 pages
...measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdom which can not help itself. * * * Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts;...is no more; in the leafless root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. Man can not be happy and strong... | |
 | Edward Fulton - 1906 - 286 pages
...for him to take; but it was a step which, if he wished to hold what he had already won, he must take. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts;...is no more; in the leafless root there is no less. is without; he has his eyes ever about him; he has lively susceptibility of impressions; he imbibes... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...am,' but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...they are ; they exist with God to-day. There is no 25 time to them. There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 508 pages
...am," but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...is no more ; in the leafless root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. There is no time to it. But man... | |
 | 1909 - 540 pages
...am," but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...is no more ; in the leafless root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. There is no time to it. But man... | |
 | James Terry White - 1909 - 132 pages
...BEATTIE. 15. A man Caesar is born, and for years after we have a Roman empire. — CARLYLE. 16. The roses under my window make no reference to former...roses, or to better ones; they are for what they are. — EMERSON. 17. Stand close to all, but lean on none, And if the crowd desert jou, Stand just as fearlessly... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...but quotes some saint or 10 sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment 15 of its existence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts ; in the full-blown flower there... | |
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