 Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being...  Select Essays and Poems - Page 96by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Lehman - 2006 - 1208 pages
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 | Various - 2006 - 448 pages
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 | William Roetzheim - 2006 - 760 pages
...exists with or without observations of the beauty by people. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, made the black water with their beauty gay; here might...thee why this charm is wasted on the earth and sky, tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, then Beauty is its own excuse for being: why thou... | |
 | George Rapanos - 2006 - 295 pages
...in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay; Here might...thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou... | |
 | Alan Jacobs - 1999 - 564 pages
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 | Elizabeth Lee Gill - 2006 - 136 pages
...this, but LW and Tom don't. Please quit talking." I remember her reciting in her soft southern voice, "Rhodora, if the sages ask thee why/ This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,/ Tell them, deah, that if eyes were made for seeing,/ Then beauty is its own excuse for being." Once... | |
 | Ben H. Averitt - 2006 - 625 pages
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 | Joy Rick Atkins - 2006 - 132 pages
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 | Brigitte Mars - 2006 - 260 pages
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 | Elizabeth Somer - 2006 - 384 pages
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