 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
 | National Sunday school union - 1881 - 600 pages
...the whole picture without mutilating the symmetry of its beauty and spoiling its glorious harmony : "I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even; He snug the song, but it pleases not now, For I could not bring home the river and sky. He sang to my... | |
 | 1925 - 702 pages
...than statistics. It is a corruptor of youth. A word out of its surroundings is as Emerson's sparrow: "I thought the sparrow's note from Heaven, Singing...brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings his song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear, —... | |
 | 1880 - 670 pages
...RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 129 I brought htm 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 car — they sang to my eye. " The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. 1 " he said, — " I knew ; 1 brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not ПОЛУ, For I... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. k, and thn song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky;He sang to my ear, —... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...receive the sou'. Byron, DJ In. 120. I heard the sparrow's note from heaven, ' Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest,...; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I brought not home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. ^Emerson. NAVIGATION.... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or...sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 pages
...files sweep round yon Alpine Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good...pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and height; sky;— He sang to my ear,—they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The... | |
 | 1883 - 270 pages
...the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill. JOHN MILTOS. THE SPARROW'S NOTE. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...and sky ; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye. EW EMERSON. THE GLOW-WORM. Nor crush a worm, whose useful light Might serve, however small, To show... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed has lent. ustere, dedicated, believing in the iron links of...our heel to save our life : but a book or a.bust, cheers not now. For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
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