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
| James Cloyd Bowman - 1918 - 504 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... | |
| Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 422 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 - 1921 - 580 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 584 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...rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence J" Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in... | |
| University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 444 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... | |
| University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 460 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1924 - 152 pages
...midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. — SELF-RELIANCE Defore a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the...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... | |
| University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 446 pages
...them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf -bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown...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... | |
| Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...am," but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These e is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,...muffled" whose sleep, ordinarily, is as light, as fitful, Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers;... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 398 pages
...under my window make no reference to ormer roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; :hey exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There...perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf -bud has burst, its whole life acts; n the full-blown flower there is no more ; in the leafless... | |
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