 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: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew:...  The Ladies' Companion - Page 431857Full view - About this book
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 pages
...flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for...is its own excuse for being. 'Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask — I never knew — ; But in my simple ignorance suppose... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But. in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...page 8. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in bis inimitable sonnet to the Ehodora : "If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.'' NOTE 2, page 31. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland, was Barclay of... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pages
...10. Rhodora' ! If the sages ask tbee why This charm is wanted on the marsh and sky'. Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, oh rival of the roso' ! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But in my simple ignorance supposo The... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. * * * ROWLAND BROWN has published some beautiful effusions, in which he has exhibited much delicacy... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...3. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in. nis inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora: " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 81. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland, was Barclay of... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...array. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, 10 Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...3. Fot flie idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, ir nis inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : u If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 31. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland, was Barclay of... | |
 | 1870 - 404 pages
...ask thee why Tli is charm is wasted on the earth and .sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were niarle for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask — I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pages
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, 10 Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose 1'... | |
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