 Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity; Again I saw, again I heard. The rolling river, the morning bird; Beauty through my senses stole; I yielded myself to the perfect whole.  Complete Works - Page 15by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888Full view - About this book
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - 1906 - 208 pages
...needed to make up the pretty picture. Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth." — As...wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs ; I inhaled the violets breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Over... | |
 | Katherine Devereux Blake, Georgia Alexander - 1906 - 116 pages
...the games of youth." 25 As I spoke, beneath my feet THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD 65 The ground- pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss...violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground ; 5 Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity;... | |
 | 1907 - 372 pages
...undone, A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth:" — As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club moss burrs; I inhaled the violet's breath;... | |
 | Katherine Jewell Everts - 1908 - 242 pages
...undone, A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, ' I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth': — As...its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs; 149 I inhaled the violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine-cones and acorns lay on... | |
 | Edwin Winfield Bowen - 1908 - 422 pages
...undone, A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, "I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; I leave it behind with the games of youth :" — As I spoke, beneath my feet The grounoSpine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs; I inhaled the violet's breath;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 214 pages
...35 gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, "I covet Truth; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat, — I leave it behind with the games of youth." As I spoke, beneath my feet 40 The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs; I inhaled the violet's... | |
 | Waitman Barbe - 1909 - 252 pages
...— A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, "I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; I leave it behind with the games of youth." As I spoke,...curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burs ; I inhaled the violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine cones and acorns lay... | |
 | Flora Helm Krause - 1910 - 394 pages
...and the sand and the wild uproar. Then I said, '' I covet truth; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth."— As...violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity; Again I saw, again I heard, The rolling... | |
 | William Valentine Kelley - 1911 - 440 pages
...was not unaware of things around him. His sensitiveness to the world shows in many lines like these: As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curled...soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity; Beauty through my senses stole; I yielded myself to the perfect whole. Emerson was insatiable in his... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - 1911 - 362 pages
...no more articulate revelation: — Then I said: "I covet truth; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth"; — As...violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Fine-cones and acorns lay on the ground; Over me soared the eternal sky. Full of light and of deity;... | |
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