 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
 | Richard Knill, Charles Morton Birrell - 1878 - 294 pages
...CHOLEEA .... 191 STREET IN CHESTEB 225 Bows IN CHESTER 234 TOWEB, ON THE CITY WALLS, CHESTER . . . .245 "More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice...path He treads down that which doth befriend him." HEBDEET. CHAPTER I. ^arto gags. the reader, in the course of a summer excursion, has sailed along the... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 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,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 462 pages
...as our treasure : The whole is either our cupboard of food Or cabinet of pleasure. " The stars haste us to bed, Night draws the curtain, which the sun...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,... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1883 - 288 pages
...nature. As the Christian poet, George Herbert, sang, with an insight beyond his age : All things unto oar flesh are kind In their descent and being — to our mind In their ascent and cause. " Do what you like," said the ancient philosopher (and surely the modern philosopher would say no less),... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 328 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...In their ascent and cause. " More servants wait on maa Than he '11 take notice of. In every path, He treads down that which doth befriend him When sickness... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 470 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,... | |
 | 1901 - 628 pages
...Or cabinet of pleasure. The stars have us to bed ; Night draws the curtain which the sun withdraw! ; Music and light attend our head. All things unto our...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,... | |
 | MARY C. DICKERSON, B.S. - 1901 - 380 pages
...chrysalides. THE AMERICAN SILKWORM, OR POLYPHEMUS MOTH " More servants wait on man Than he'll take note of. In every path He treads down that which doth befriend him." FIG. 148. — Polyphemus in resting position. Male, j natural size. Upper surface of wings. Ochre yellow,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 520 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...their ascent and cause. More servants wait on man Than he "11 take notice of. In every path, He treads down that which doth befriend him When sickness makes... | |
 | Laurie Magnus, Cecil Headlam - 1903 - 390 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,... | |
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