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
| Alexander M. Bisset - 1896 - 368 pages
...us how he listened with rapture to a bird " Singing at dawn on the aulder bough ; I brought him homo in his nest at even, He sings the song, but it pleases...sky ; He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye,"— and in like manner quotations dissociated from their original setting lose much of their beauty ; so... | |
| John Piersol McCaskey - 1897 - 592 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...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 my eye. The delicate... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 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...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. 10 All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; K He sings the song, but it cheers not now, 9. argument : justification, inspiration, encouragement,... | |
| 1899 - 618 pages
...criticisms from the teacher or pupils has not been properly taught. SUPT. SM BARRETT, Independence, Mo. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 278 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...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 pearls to their enamel... | |
| Ellen M. Cyr - 1899 - 456 pages
...is fair or good 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...and sky; He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye. I wiped away the weeds and foam — I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly,... | |
| Emma J. Todd - 1899 - 136 pages
...represent this 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...not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, lie sang to my ear, —they sang to my eye." 117 One must get close to nature to know it well; must... | |
| 1900 - 252 pages
...a guest upon your parlor carpet ! Emerson is full of the congruity that should advise decoration i I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...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.... | |
| Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...hill-top looking down ; The heifer that lows in the upland farm, Far-heard, lows not thy ear to charm ; All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; ' For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye." The sexton,... | |
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