 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.  Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 449by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
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...are unconsciously awakened in the mind, while singing or listening to the melodies. The poet says : " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good...sky; He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye." After the poet has tested those manifestations in nature and human experience which give the highest... | |
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