 For us the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heav'n move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure; The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure.  Works - Page 72by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...amity, And both with moons and tides. Nothing hath got so far, But man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest star ; He is in...there. For us the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heav'n move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see, but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure.... | |
 | 1868 - 280 pages
...hardness and toughness of fibre. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EDIBLE FUNGUSES OF HEREFORDSHIRE. (Br Da. BULL.) "Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure : The whole is either onr cupboard of food Or cabinet of pleasure." George Herbert. In those countries where Funguses are... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1869 - 382 pages
...hath got so farre But man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest starre: He is in little all the sphere. Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Finde their acquaintance there. " The starres have us to bed ; Night draws the curtain, which the sun... | |
 | 1869 - 878 pages
...got so farre, But man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest starre : He is in little all the sphere, Herbs gladly cure our flesh, becanse that they Finde their acquaintance there. The starres have us to bed : Night draws the curtain,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...amity, And both with moons and tides. " Nothing hath got so far But man hath caught and kept it as his prey; His eyes dismount the highest star; He is in...Find their acquaintance there. " For us, the winds Jo blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow ; Nothing we see, but means our good,... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 688 pages
...hath got so farre, But man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest starre: He is in little all the sphere. Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Finde their acquaintance there. For ns the windes do blow ; The earth doth rest, heav'n move, and fountains... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1874 - 666 pages
...amity, And both with moons and tides. " Nothing hath got so far But man hath caught and kept it as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest star, He is in...because that they Find their acquaintance there." A notion like this is too subtle for times lite these, when the disposition is to make things as simple... | |
 | James William Lance - 1872 - 200 pages
...by Him. As the gracious Herbert says, — " More servants wait on man than he'll take notice of. ... For us the winds do blow ; The earth doth rest, heaven...fountains flow. Nothing we see but means our good. . . . The stars have us to bed ; Night draws the curtain which the sun withdraws : Music and light... | |
 | 1872 - 444 pages
...hath got so farre But man hath caught and kept it as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest starre; He is in little all the sphere. Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Finde their acquaintance there. For ns the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains... | |
 | 1872 - 844 pages
...lines after this fashion : — For as the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move and waters flow; Nothing we see but means our good As our delight or as our measure; The whole it either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. In Fuller's lively prose,... | |
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