 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pages
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why though wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple... | |
 | Kris Fresonke - 2003 - 220 pages
...might the red-bicd come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou were there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Consuelo R. Jackson - 2003 - 374 pages
...wanted to hear about your visit, Anak." Alfonso let out a low chuckle. He took a seat beside his mother. 'If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being," he said. "Quoting whom? Speak from your own heart, Ponsing," she said. "I know Lydia's simplicity is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 264 pages
...Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...for seeing. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert here, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Judith Farr, Louise Carter - 2004 - 372 pages
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being; Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Virginia Jackson - 2005 - 328 pages
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | George Rapanos - 2006 - 295 pages
...brought to mind, Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem: 49 The Rhodora On Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...for seeing Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. Beauty needs no explanation. It has a divine right to sovereignty. Love is always there. Love is inexhaustible.... | |
 | William Roetzheim - 2006 - 760 pages
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, and court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why this charm is wasted on...for seeing, then Beauty is its own excuse for being: why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew: but, in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee Gill - 2006 - 136 pages
...and Tom don't. Please quit talking." I remember her reciting in her soft southern voice, "Rhodora, if the sages ask thee why/ This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,/ Tell them, deah, that if eyes were made for seeing,/ Then beauty is its own excuse for being." Once Mrs. Black... | |
 | Stephanie Lintz - 2007 - 132 pages
...book is an opportunity to cherish the beauty that is uniquely yours. The Seven Virtues of Inner Beauty "If eyes were made for seeing, Then, Beauty is its own excuse for being."7 — Ralph Waldo Emerson Beauty as defined in Webster's Dictionary is, "An assemblage of graces... | |
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Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! 
