 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 pages
...holiness." Rome, April 18, 1833, letter to his aunt Mary. Cabot, 187. See Poet-Lore, May., 1894, p. 273. For I did not bring home the river 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... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - 1897 - 592 pages
...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; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For 1 did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
 | 1899 - 618 pages
...dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home in his nest at even, tie sings his song but it pleases not now. For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to the ear — they sang to the eye." 302 SCHOOL AND HOME EDUCATION. A Little Preachin'. Unless the child... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 pages
...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 ; 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 278 pages
...dawn on the alder bough; I brought him 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. 8 The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh... | |
 | 1900 - 252 pages
...decoration i 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 charms not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear; they sang to my eye.... | |
 | Emma J. Todd - 1899 - 136 pages
...literature. "I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the elder bough; I brought him 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, lie sang to my ear, —they sang to my... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 456 pages
...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; 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... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed hath lent. I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not DOW, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 278 pages
...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; — 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.... | |
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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. 
