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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. "
Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 449
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pages
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Songs of Three Centuries

John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 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...sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not brmg home the river and sky;— He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay...
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Open Sesame!: Arranged for students over fourteen years old

Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 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 ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now...
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Physical Culture of the Emerson College of Oratory, Boston

Charles Wesley Emerson - 1891 - 250 pages
...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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Physical Culture of the Emerson College of Oratory, Boston

Charles Wesley Emerson - 1891 - 258 pages
...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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Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute ..., Volume 62

American Institute of Instruction - 1891 - 334 pages
...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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Physical Culture Cook Book

Mary Richardson - 1891 - 280 pages
...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...nest at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not ni.w, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye." After...
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Music: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic ..., Volume 10

1896 - 710 pages
...heaven. Singing at dawn on an elder bough; I bro't him home In his nest at even,— He sings the soug but It pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and skyHe sang to my ear— they sang to my eye." This sentiment is very graphically illustrated also in...
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Favorite Poems Selected from English and American Authors

1883 - 478 pages
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That Dome in Air: Thoughts on Poetry and the Poets

John Vance Cheney - 1895 - 466 pages
...has matched the exceptional excellences of the next two poems, " Each and All," and " The Problem." " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye." "Good-Bye," "Woodnotes," "The Rhodora," « The Humble-Bee," " The Snow-Storm," — these poems lack...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

1895 - 768 pages
...brought him home, in his nest, at even ; 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. Eude as their ships was navigation then, No useful compass or meridian known ;...
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