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" 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 77
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pages
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Complete Works, Volume 9

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 342 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...from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brqught him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring...
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How Religion Arises: a Psychological Study ...

Duren James Henderson Ward - 1888 - 92 pages
...Philosophy, — that nature is one and indivisible. To know is to know in relation to the whole. " All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone." Life is not of one kind : it ought to be the harmony of many kinds. Religion is not the work of one,...
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Hosea

John James Given - 1888 - 588 pages
...does not dispense with second causes. In his ordinary providence everything requires everything. " All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone." (Emerson.) Second causes combine : 1. In the world of nature. Indeed, there is scarcely any physical...
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Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both ...

Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 428 pages
...they whose meadows it murmurs through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue. — WC Bryant 4. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...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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Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both ...

Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...they whose meadows it murmurs through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue.— WCBryant. 4. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...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...
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Good-night Poetry: (Bedside Poetry) A Parent's Assistant in Moral Discipline

1890 - 168 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 pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang...
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Open Sesame!: Arranged for students over fourteen years old

Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 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 ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now...
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The Normal Course in Reading: Fourth Reader : the Wonderful Things Around Us

Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - 1890 - 380 pages
...pebbles as on wings, As tbe swallow dips and sings?" different interesting thawing boulders EACH AND ALL. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky : He sang to...
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The Normal Course in Reading, Volume 4

Emma J. Todd - 1890 - 376 pages
...as on wings, As the swallow dips and sings ? " different interesting thawing boulders EACH AND ALL. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky : He sang to...
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American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860

Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross - 1968 - 696 pages
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