 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 [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 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...moment of its existence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, it_s whole life acts; in the full-blown flower, there is no more ; in the leafless root, there is no... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pages
...think,' 'I am,' but quotes some saint or sage. lie is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blooming rose. Those roses under my window make no reference...them — there is simply the rose : it is perfect every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present, but... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 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...them. There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in erery moment of its existence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts ; in the full-blown... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...am,' but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before tlm blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist wiih God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 506 pages
...I am, but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former...ones; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to day." " But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 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. But man postpones or remembers... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...am,' hut quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed hefore the hlade of grass or the hlowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to hetter ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There... | |
 | Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - 1858 - 720 pages
...blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones : they are for what they are : they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them.". ..."But man postpones or remembers: he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye, laments... | |
 | Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - 1861 - 660 pages
...am,' but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. The roses under my window make no reference to former...are for what they are ; they exist with God today." § The love of truth is not to be met with in religious * Essays, etc., by Emerson. f Ibid., p. 35.... | |
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