Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The dawn is my Assyria; the sunset and moonrise my Paphos, and unimaginable realms of faerie; broad noon shall be my England of the senses and the understanding; the night shall... The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 16by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870Full view - About this book
| 1892 - 806 pages
...over the riddle of the earth, while Emerson's vision ranged over clear horizons as he exclaimed, " Give me health and a day and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." Nowhere is Prof. Nichol more interesting or more successful than in this characterization of these... | |
| 1892 - 78 pages
...enjoy exquisite landscapes and wonderful skies. I am tempted to alter Emerson and say —' give me poor health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.'" From " those upper rooms " he passed out of our sight, even as we have seen the evening star disappear... | |
| 1893 - 930 pages
...air for itself, and are contented with it. How many of us revel in that joyous cry of Emerson, •• Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous " ! This sweet, fresh renewal that comes from contact with nature is felt even by people who have little... | |
| Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...my heart ; / Something to love, to rest upon, to clasp / Affection's tendrils round. Jtfrs. Hemans. ndness, little words of love, / Make our earth an Eden like the heaven abo Emerson. Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future worlds. . . . This idea... | |
| 1894 - 384 pages
...however, between the Reason and the Understanding is not difficult to discern. When Emerson says, " Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The Dawn shall be my Assyria and unimaginable realms of faerie ; broad Noon shall be my England of the Senses... | |
| Charles Barnes Upton - 1894 - 394 pages
...me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. The Dawn shall be my Assyria and unimaginable realms of faerie ; broad Noon shall...be my England of the Senses and the Understanding; and Night shall be my Germany of Mystic Philosophy and dreams," — he indicates in poetic phrase what... | |
| Charles Gordon Ames - 1894 - 124 pages
...and time, within these limitations of sense, are conditions of everything else. Emerson exclaims : " Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." What can we do with health and a day? We can live, consciously or unconsciously, in infinite space... | |
| John Morley - 1894 - 702 pages
...ranges over her clear horizons, and lie leaps up elastic under her light atmosphere, exclaiming, " Give me health and a day and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." Carlyle is a 43 half-Germanised Scotchman, living near the roar of the metropolis, with thoughts of... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1895 - 368 pages
...excommunicate our enemies from venison and brawn, and by 'r 1 'How does Nature deify us with a few cheap elements ! Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.' EMERSON. — G. 82 Lady, when need calls, beat them down under my feet ? The State levies tax ; and... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1895 - 380 pages
...excommunicate our enemies from venison and brawn, and by 'r 1 ' How does Nature deify us with a few cheap elements ! Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.' EMEKSON.—G. Lady, when need calls, beat them down under my feet ? The State levies tax; and the Church... | |
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