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
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...and lists with delight, Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine bight, Nor knowest thou what argument All are needed by each one— Nothing is fair or good alone! I thougbt the sparrow's note from Heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...will receive the soul. 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 ; — Ho sang... | |
| Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1867 - 638 pages
...to the aggregate product of their country's wealth, co-operate and lighten the original curse, for " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone." 3. A third cause of eminence in Manufacturing, and essential to economical production, is an abundant... | |
| Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1867 - 644 pages
...to the aggregate product of their country's wealth, co-operate and lighten the original curse, for " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone." 3. A third cause of eminence in Manufacturing, and essential to economical production, is an abundant... | |
| Nahor Augustus Staples - 1870 - 282 pages
...around 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 alone." IV. BINDING AND LOOSING. THERE is but one law at the centre of all things, and that law is the single... | |
| 1920 - 922 pages
...thought his mind was made up." 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. — EMERSON. |T was the third day that the musician had roamed the woods in despair of meeting the... | |
| Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...sweep 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...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... | |
| Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour'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... | |
| 1872 - 710 pages
...round yon Alpine Nor knowest thou what argument [height ; Thy life to thy neighbor's creed lias lent. and benches fail. No : he was serious in a serious cause, RW Emerson. 1167. EXAMPLE, rosthunons. 1 see through the gathering darkness The spire of the village... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 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 alone. n. For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The... | |
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