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 - 1883 - 648 pages
...am,' but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These t, and dog ; whether any of these can upbraid you....neglect this reflex standard, and absolve me to myself. jts existence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts ; in the full-blown flower there is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...but quotes some saint or sage. lie 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... | |
| 1885 - 222 pages
...they carry them as silently away. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are for what they are; they exist...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;... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 pages
...before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. I These roses under my window make no refer- "\ ence to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to-day, j There is no time to them. There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1891 - 406 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...simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its ex- ) istence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts ; in the full-blown flower, there is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 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...perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf bud has burst, its whole life acts ; in the full-blown flower there is no more ; in the leafless... | |
| Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...darkness ; thought will not work except in silence ; neither will virtue work except in secrecy. Carfylt. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts ;...is no more ; in the leafless root there is no less. Emerson. Before every one stands an image (Bild) of what he ought to be ; so long as he is not that,... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1895 - 464 pages
...trees the more. For the life is there, and it is sweetly said by Emerson, "Before the leaf-bud bursts, its whole life acts ; in the full-blown flower there...no more ; in the leafless root there is no less." So it is with my trees. In the time of their seeming barrenness, I think of the marvellous life within.... | |
| 1895 - 452 pages
...trees the more. For the life is there, and it is sweetly said by Emerson, "Before the leaf-bud bursts, its whole life acts ; in the full-blown flower there...no more ; in the leafless root there is no less." So it is with my trees. In the time of their seeming barrenness, I think of the marvellous life within.... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1895 - 458 pages
...is there, and it is sweetly said by Emerson, "Before the leaf-bud bursts, its whole life acts ; iu the full-blown flower there is no more ; in the leafless root there is no less." So it is with my trees. In the time of their seeming barrenness, I think of the marvellous life within.... | |
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