In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty... English Grammar - Page 172by Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 209 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1872 - 710 pages
...array. Rhodora I if the sages ask theo why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, re In chaining down hie heart, and watching 32 AMBITION. AMBITION. To rise by human weaknesses. О rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, sword ; BE-A.TJTY. BE-A-TJTY. 910. BEAUTY,... | |
| 1873 - 296 pages
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them 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 ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thce why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, Ap k> tliou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, But in my simple iguo^nce... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Ehodora, — " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 42, page 121. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland was Barclay... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - 200 pages
...daffodils. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. THE RHODORA: ON BRING ASKRD) WHRNCR is THE FLOWBR? TN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, •*- I found the fresh Rhodora...is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...thine. Good-Bye. What are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet ? Ibid. If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. The Rhodora. The silent organ loudest chants The master's requiem. Dirge. Here once the embattled farmers... | |
| Louisa May Alcott - 1875 - 454 pages
...all kinds, and love to make it if I can without stopping for any reason but the satisfaction.'* " * Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, " * Then beauty is its own excuse for being/ " observed David, who had a weakness for poetry, and, finding she liked his sort, quoted to Christie... | |
| Louisa May Alcott - 1875 - 234 pages
...all kinds, and love to make it if I can without stopping for any reason but the satisfaction." " ' Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, " ' Then beauty is its own excuse for being,' " observed David, who had a weakness for poetry, and, finding she liked his sort, quoted to Christie... | |
| John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...thine. Good-Bye. What are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet ? Ibid. If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. The Rhodora. The silent organ loudest chants The master's requiem. Here once the embattled farmers... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish biook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black...is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the .rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The... | |
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