 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
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883
...kept it as his prey ; 20 His eyes dismount the highest star ; Ho ie in little all the sphere ; Herb» gladly cure our flesh, because that they Find their...acquaintance there. For us the winds do blow, The earth resteth, heaven moveth, fountains flow ; Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight or as our... | |
 | Duncan M. West - 1883 - 323 pages
...designed to educate our souls for God. "For us the windes do blow, The earth doth rest, heav'n moves, and fountains flow, Nothing we see but means our good As our delight, or as our treasure ; The whole ia either our cupboard of food Or cabinet of pleasure. The starres have us to bed ; Night draws the... | |
 | Daniel Worcester Faunce - 1884 - 230 pages
...amity, And both with moon 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 little, all the sphere. Herbs cure our flesh because that they Find their acquaintance there." If then such be the world without... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 321 pages
...amity, And both with moons and tides. "Nothing hath got no far Bat man liath caught and kept it a* his prey ; His eyes dismount the highest star ; He is in little all the sphere. Herbi gladly cure our flesh, because that they Find their acquaintance there. " For us, the windi do... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874
...those lines of delightful old George Herbert, who himself possessed some share of the mystic gift : — For us the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven...means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure l The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. Now the main charge against the... | |
 | Michael Patrick O'Connor, David Noel Freedman - 1987 - 369 pages
...not mute, They go upon the score. Nothing hath got so far, But man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest star: He is in...flesh; because that they Find their acquaintance there. Such legends have a fairy-tale feel: grass or vegetation derives from the hair of the primal man and... | |
 | Harold Toliver - 1989 - 288 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. This has the look of an early poem (it is in the Williams manuscript)... | |
 | George Herbert - 1991 - 460 pages
...both with moons and tides. Nothing hath got so far, But Man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. 2o His eyes dismount the highest star: He is in little...their acquaintance there. For us the winds do blow, 15 The earth doth rest, heav'n move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see, but means our good, As our... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau - 1994 - 144 pages
...amity. And hoth 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 little all the sphere Herhs gladly cure our flesh, hecause that they Find their acquaintance there "For us, the winds do... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1995 - 390 pages
...and all to all the world besides. ' Head with foot hath private amity, And both with moons and tides. His eyes dismount the highest star: He is in little...flesh, because that they Find their acquaintance there. Each thing is full of duty. More servants wait on Man, Than he'll take notice of: in every path He... | |
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