 | 1885 - 456 pages
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. 2. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...seeing, - Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But in my simple... | |
 | 1885 - 686 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, О rival of the rose, I never thought to ask, I never knew : But, in my simple... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 342 pages
...home." " What are they all, in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet ? " " — If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." " Leave all thy pedant lore apart, God hid the whole world in thy heart." " And conscious Law is King... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 544 pages
...home." " What are they all, in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet ? " " — If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." " Leave all thy pedant lore apart, God hid the whole world in thy heart." " And conscious Law is King... | |
 | Isaac Sprague - 1885 - 136 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 the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing Then beauty is its own excuse for... | |
 | Alpheus Baker Hervey - 1885 - 234 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 the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing Then beaut}7 is its own excuse for... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1886 - 204 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1886 - 374 pages
...which must criticized their utility the words the poet puts into the mouth of the retired Rhodora : — "Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." Of course, it is bad for any human beings to be exclusively dancers. " There is a time to dance," and... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). Dept. of Parks - 1886 - 130 pages
...means than can be found in any public ground could be easily and cheaply adopted for the purpose. ' Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being." PART SECOND. PAKT SECOND. THE PLAN OF FRANKLIN PARK. I. OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS OP THE SITE OF FRANKLIN... | |
 | Charles Goodrich Whiting - 1886 - 326 pages
...nestlings stol'n away? Sure only this could weigh thy note With such repairless agony ? EYES FOR SEEING. " If eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being." jjMERSON'S explanation of the rhodora's wasted bloom beside the wild-wood pool has become a proverb,... | |
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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! 
