 These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.  Essays: First Series - Page 75by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...it is perfect in every moment" Beiore a leaf-bud has burst, its whole lite acts ; in the fuITblown flower there is no more ; in the leafless root there is no less. Tts nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all momerits alike. But man puslp^lUiij ui luiiibiiibtfu... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose;...acts; in the fullblown flower there is no more; in the life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way; you shall not discern the footprints of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1979 - 434 pages
...reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose;...satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the... | |
 | C. W. E. Bigsby - 1985 - 500 pages
...roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time for them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. . . . But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1983 - 1196 pages
...reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose;...satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the... | |
 | Edwin Harrison Cady, Louis J. Budd - 1988 - 300 pages
...to better ones," he wrote in "SelfReliance": they are for what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose....perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless... | |
 | Harriet Scott Chessman - 1989 - 280 pages
...reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.14 Emerson suggests here the sheer presence, immediacy, and uniqueness of the actual "roses... | |
 | David Jacobson - 2010 - 221 pages
...arrangement; a selecting principle gathering his like to him wherever he goes. There is no time to roses. There is simply the rose. It is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full blown flower, there is no more; in the leafless... | |
 | P. Adams Sitney - 1990 - 284 pages
...reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose;...is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before the leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless... | |
 | David Richo - 1991 - 148 pages
...no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are ... tfiere is no time for them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson A psychologically and spiritually conscious person acts from a consistent —... | |
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