Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew... Emerson as a Poet - Page 66by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1890 - 232 pages
...if eyes were made for seeing, Then beanty is its own excuse for being. Why thon wert there. OuMval of the rose? I never thought to ask ; I never knew,...ignorance suppose The self same Power that brought me here brought you. 138 139 DRAWINGS. SWAMP AZALEA. RHODODENDRON. A small not very plain calyx. A large,... | |
| Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 528 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, О rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same power that brought me there brought you. EMERSON. Who that has loved knows not the tender... | |
| 1890 - 168 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. EMERSON (The Rhodora ). 72 HAST thou named all the... | |
| 1890 - 596 pages
...that if the eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is iU own excuse for being ; Why thou wart there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me here brought you. Emerson's poetic creed is simple. He makes a statement... | |
| 1891 - 438 pages
...gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. (Beorge Xunt. 1803-1885. PILGRIM SONG. Over the... | |
| 1891 - 168 pages
...gay; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is...never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. EMERSON (The Rhodora J. 72 HAST thou named all the... | |
| Albert H. Smyth - 1889 - 324 pages
...gay ; Here'might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought you. MARGARET FULLER. THE TRUE CRITICISM. [From Papers... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 296 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why tliou wert there, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask, I never...self -same power that brought me there brought you. HYMN. (.Sung at the completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836.] BY the rude bridge that arched... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 288 pages
...Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why then wert there, O rival of the rose, I never thought to...never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same power that brought me there brought yon. HYMN. Sung at the completion of the Concord Monument,... | |
| 1891 - 734 pages
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there, brought you. EMERSON. I SLEPT AND DREAMED. I SLEPT, and dreamed... | |
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