 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
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 530 pages
...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 the curtain; which the...attend our head. All things unto our flesh are kind, f . In their descent and being; to our mind, \^) In their ascent and cause. More servants wait on man... | |
 | 1913 - 332 pages
...without the moth's aid would be obliged to alter their floral arrangement or become extinct. Truly, "More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice...path He treads down that which doth befriend him." You should have heard him speak of what he loved ; of the tent pitched beside the talking water ; of... | |
 | Fireside pictorial annual - 1876 - 814 pages
...they Find their acquaintance there. For us tho winds do blow ; The stars have us to bed ; .N i';l'i draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws : Music and light attend our head. All things unto o\u flesh are kind In their descent and being ; to our mind In their ascent aud cause. Each thing is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 464 pages
...or as our treasure ; The whole is either our cupboard of food, " Or cabinet of pleasure. " The stars have us to bed : Night draws the curtain ; which the...notice of. In every path, He treads down that which dotli befriend him When sickness makes him pale and wan, Oh mighty love ! Man is on? world, and hath... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 610 pages
...delight, or as our treasure. The whole is cither our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. " The stars have us to bed ; Night draws the curtain ; which the sun withdraws. 1858.] THE RETURN. Music and light attend our head. All things unto our flesh are kind, In their descent... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1909 - 264 pages
...in nature serve man: " For us the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move, and waters flow. All things unto our flesh are kind In their descent...and being; to our mind In their ascent and cause. O, mighty love! Man is one world, and hath Another to attend him." The important point, however, is... | |
 | Adeline Cashmore - 1910 - 192 pages
...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 the curtain, which the...,• Music and light attend our head. All things unto oury?«A are kind In their descent and being ; to our mind In their ascent and cause. Each thing is... | |
 | Ellen Bell Robertson Miller, Ellen Robertson-Miller - 1920 - 282 pages
...CHEAP AND DURABLE SILK THE CYNTHIA, Philosamia cynthia "More servants wait on man Than he'll take note of. In every path He treads down that which doth befriend him." YI ^HE Cynthia caterpillars, bedecked in "powder and I patches," were on a young tree of heaven, an... | |
 | Gordon Crosse - 1924 - 288 pages
...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 the curtain, which the...and being ; to our mind In their ascent and cause. Each thing is full of duty : Waters united are our navigation ; Distinguished, our habitation ; Below,... | |
 | George Herbert - 1981 - 382 pages
...or as our treasure: The whole is, either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. 30 The stars have us to bed; Night draws the curtain, which the...withdraws; Music and light attend our head. All things unto ourflesh are kind In their descent and heing; to our mind 33 In their ascent and cause. Each thing... | |
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