 For us the winds do blow; The earth doth rest, heaven 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. The stars have us to bed; Night draws...  Essays, Lectures and Orations - Page 230by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
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...emblematic. In "Man" Herbert notes carelessness of medicinal herbs: "More servants wait on Man / Then he'll take notice of: in every path / He treads down that which doth befriend him, / When sicknesse makes him pale and wan."10 Despite the personification, this statement is not emblematic... | |
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