 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! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there...  The Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Página 53por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 220 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 páginas
...cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, 10 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then...never knew : But, in my simple ignorance, suppose is The self -same Power that brought me there brought you. EACH AND ALL. LITTLE thinks, in the field,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 páginas
...way. 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...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 páginas
...sages ask thec why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eves were m:ule for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being....ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. NCED by all the trumpets of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 páginas
...cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then...self-same power that brought me there, brought you. THE HUMBLE BEE. BURLY dozing humble bee ! Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto Rique,... | |
 | 1850 - 550 páginas
...discover. " Rhodona ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasicd on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is...selfsame power that brought me there brought you." Man liveth not by bread alone. That is useful, we cheerfully grant, which ministers to our comfort,... | |
 | 1857 - 376 páginas
...cheapens his array, Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then...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 ignorance suppose The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 páginas
...6. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 54. Winnipiseogee : " Smile of the Great Spirit." NOTE 3, page 70. This legend is the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 páginas
...Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, (hat if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [youThe selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. A •»• VKI \ c MI by all... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 páginas
...cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why Thy charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made 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,... | |
 | 1854 - 362 páginas
...dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask — I never...self-same power that brought me there, brought you. HK White. ILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed... | |
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