 I've been tossed like the driven foam; But now, proud world! I'm going home. Good-bye to Flattery's fawning face; To Grandeur with his wise grimace; To upstart Wealth's averted eye; To supple Office, low and high; To crowded halls, to court and street;...  Poems - Page 40by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 199 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Augustine Birrell - 1887 - 312 pages
...farewell to Emerson, who has bidden farewell to the world, in the words of his own Good-bye. ' Good-bye to flattery's fawning face, To grandeur with his wise...hasting feet, To those who go and those who come, — Good-bye, proud world, I'm going home, I am going to my own hearth-stone Bosomed in yon green hills,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...ocean brine, Too long I am tossed like the driven foam ; But now, proud world, I'm going home. Good-by to flattery's fawning face ; To grandeur with his...hasting feet, To those who go, and those who come, Good-by, proud world, I'm going home. I go to seek my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills... | |
 | William T. Ross - 1887 - 362 pages
...beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. Sydney Smith. 3. Good-by to Flattery's fawning face ; To Grandeur with his...hasting feet ; To those who go and those who come ; Good-by, proud world, I'm going home. Good~by. Emerson. STRESS. Stress always falls upon the accented... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1887 - 314 pages
...farewell to Emerson, who has bidden farewell to the world, in the words of his own Good-bye. ' Good-bye to flattery's fawning face, To grandeur with his wise...hasting feet, To those who go and those who come, — Good-bye, proud world, I 'm going home, I am going to my own hearth-stone Bosomed in yon green... | |
 | Adam Gifford - 1889 - 304 pages
...ocean brine, Long I've been tossed like the driven foam; But now, proud world ! I'm going home. Goodbye to Flattery's fawning face ; To Grandeur with his...who come ; Good bye, proud world! I'm going home. I am going to my own hearth stone, Bosomed in you green hills alone, — ******* Where vulgar feet... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...ocean brine, Too long I am tossed like the driven foam; But now, proud world, I'm going home. Good by to flattery's fawning face; To grandeur with his wise...hasting feet, To those who go, and those who come, Good-by, proud world, I'm going home. I go to seek my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills... | |
 | AUGUSTINE BIRRELL - 1891 - 350 pages
...farewell to Emerson, who has bidden farewell to the world, in the words of his own Good-bye. ' Good-bye to flattery's fawning face, To grandeur with his wise...hasting feet, To those who go and those who come, — Good-bye, proud world, I 'm going home, I am going to my own hearth-stone Bosomed in yon green... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pages
...ocean brine, Too long I am tossed like the driven foam ; But now, proud world, I 'm going home. Good by to Flattery's fawning face ; To Grandeur with his...hasting feet, To those who go, and those who come, Good by, proud world, I 'm going home. I go to seek my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills alone... | |
 | Frank Preston Stearns - 1892 - 260 pages
...which he felt unsuited to him. Every line of it is spirited, and the whole is a perfect gem. " Good-bye to Flattery's fawning face; To Grandeur with his wise...Wealth's averted eye; To supple Office, low and high. I am going to my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills alone, — A secret nook in a pleasant... | |
 | James Harcourt West - 1894 - 124 pages
...green hills alone." Thou art not my friend, O world, — but what of that ? I am thine ! " Good-by, to Flattery's fawning face; To Grandeur with his wise...court and street; To frozen hearts and hasting feet. " Oh, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Home ; And when I am stretched... | |
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