 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.  Select Essays and Poems - Page 77by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. k, and ; He sings thn song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky;He sang to my... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...receive the sou'. Byron, DJ In. 120. I heard the sparrow's note from heaven, ' Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I brought not home the river and sky ; — He sang... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 pages
...obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other ! H. lT. Longfellow. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. RWEmerson. March 3. — For both are his own, — the innocence That climbs from the heart of earth... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or...sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 pages
...philosopher."" In the first selection he inculcates the philosophy which he has expressed in the lines — " All are needed by each one : Nothing is fair or good alone." II.— Each and All. 1. The delicate shells lay on the shore: The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh... | |
 | Caroline Bigelow Le Row - 1882 - 222 pages
...round you Alpine height. Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or good alone. Each and All— RALPH WALDO EMERSON. SLIDE OF A THIRD. The Slide of a Third corresponds to the interval... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed has lent. ustere, dedicated, believing in the iron links of...our heel to save our life : but a book or a.bust, ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now. For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang... | |
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