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
| 1910 - 1250 pages
...nature, in the preseiit above time." "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 in them." But the lonely wanderer in the woods of Walden had a defect. He turned away from that process... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 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...to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the is rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf bud has burst, its whole life... | |
| Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. 35 There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment...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... | |
| Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 530 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 exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. There... | |
| Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 568 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 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 5 is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. There is no time to it. But... | |
| Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 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... | |
| Oscar George Sonneck - 1926 - 698 pages
...QUARTERLY VOL. XII JULY, 1926 NO. 3 ARTISTIC IDEALS1 II. SPONTANEITY By DANIEL GREGORY MASON "These roses under my window make no reference to former...are for what they are; they exist with God to-day." — Emerton. AI academic and over-conscientious friend of Renoir's once reproached him with being the... | |
| Frank Aydelotte - 1917 - 420 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... | |
| Frank Aydelotte - 1917 - 420 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... | |
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