 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye.  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems - Page 6by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 pages
...thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note...and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 332 pages
...thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note...and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note...and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note...home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang... | |
 | 1883 - 270 pages
...the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill. JOHN MILTOS. THE SPARROW'S NOTE. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...home, in his nest, at even, He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 pages
...modern men, won much the same with that which Emerson has nc^M his poem Each and All : " I thought of the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on...in his nest at even ; . He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky — He sang to my ear, they sang to my... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...flying ball ; The date fails not on the palm-tree tall; 3468 Emerson • Woodnotes. Ft. ii. Line 265 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his iiest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note...home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky;— He sang to my ear,—they sang to my... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1884 - 536 pages
...the text in " Nature," "Nothing is quite beautiful alone: nothing but is beautiful in the whole : " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest, at even ; I Ic sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He... | |
 | Joseph H. Head - 1884 - 498 pages
...thot: what argument Tin' life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven. Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; Ho sings the song, but it pleases not now... | |
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