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
| James Johonnot - 1887 - 152 pages
...feast, Dear brindle cow, to-day." I THOUGHT the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the elder bough ; I brought him home ; in his nest, at even,...not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky — LESSON XL VI. THE FROG AND ITS HOME. 1. HERE is a strange-looking creature — the frog. At first... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 342 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 good...from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brqught him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring... | |
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| William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - 1891 - 348 pages
...retained its sounding qualities. There was something wanting, however, and, womanlike, she says : " 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."... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...they whose meadows it murmurs through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue.— WCBryant. 4. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...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... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 428 pages
...they whose meadows it murmurs through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue. — WC Bryant 4. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...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... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...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. — Emerson. 5. If our faith in Thee was shaken, Pardon Thou our hearts mistaken, Our obedience re-awaken.... | |
| Charles Wesley Emerson - 1890 - 110 pages
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one : Nothing is fair or good alone, II. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. III. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pe&rls to their enamel... | |
| Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - 1890 - 380 pages
...pebbles as on wings, As tbe swallow dips and sings?" different interesting thawing boulders EACH AND ALL. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...sky : He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. MARINE (SEA) PEBBLES. Look at the picture above. Hark ! Can you not hear the noise and roar of the... | |
| Emma J. Todd - 1890 - 376 pages
...as on wings, As the swallow dips and sings ? " different interesting thawing boulders EACH AND ALL. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...sky : He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. — KALPII WALDO EMERSON. MARINE (SEA) PEBBLES. Look at the picture above. Hark ! Can you not hear... | |
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