 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
 | Hajime Nakamura - 1992 - 600 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.—But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye... | |
 | Harold J. Morowitz - 1993 - 239 pages
...reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist for God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. I would not have pursued these flowery thoughts had I not heard Stanwyn Shetler of the Smithsonian... | |
 | Ken Wilber - 1993 - 396 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... | |
 | William H. Houff - 1994 - 254 pages
...no reference to former roses or better ones; they are for what they are. . . . 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... | |
 | Meena Alexander - 1996 - 236 pages
...He presents us with a bed of roses. We are asked to consider them, their moment by moment existence: "There is no time to them. There is simply the rose, it is perfect in every moment of its existence. . .[man] cannot be happy and strong, until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.'3 What... | |
 | Gordon C. F. Bearn - 1997 - 304 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. (ibid., p. 268) The irony of quoting Descartes in this call to avoid quoting, is doubled by the only... | |
 | John Broomfield - 1997 - 278 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 the... | |
 | Charles B. Guignon - 1999 - 350 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... | |
 | George Kateb - 2002 - 278 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. He goes on: But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present. . . . He cannot be happy... | |
 | Astrid Fitzgerald - 2001 - 390 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 the... | |
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