...torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. THE RHODORA. LINES ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWEB? Iir May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found...The purple petals fallen in the pool Made the black waters with their beauty gay ; Young RAPHAEL might covet such a school ; The lively show beguiled me...

...conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet. THE RHODORA, ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER. IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found...cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that,...

...conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet? THE RHODORA: ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER? IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found...cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that...

...your breast, And drawn your balmiest sweets away ; Oh come, and grace my Anna's breast. Emerson| N May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found...black water with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-breast come, his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the...

...alone t THE RHODORA. LINES ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWEB f V n. 'S ' BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON. IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found...purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black waters with their beauty gay ; Young RAPHAEL might covet such a school ; The lively show beguiled me...

...Our American poet says : — "In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Bhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp...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, Tell them, dear, that...

...our songs he thine, To whom our hearts incline : May, be thou blessed ! LORD THURLOW. THE RHODORA. IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found...purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black waters with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower...

...stole — I yielded myself to the perfect whole. His admired poem on the Rhodora commences thus : — In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found...The purple petals fallen in the pool Made the black waters with their beauty gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower...

...Serene the ills of life. HENRY KIRKS WHITE. THE RHODORA. LINES ON BEING ASKXD, WHENCK IS THE FLOWER? r bosoms. bond from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced...where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like tji waters with their beauty gay, — Hera might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower...

...dances with the daffodils. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. THE RHODORA: ON BRING ASKRD) WHRNCR is THE FLOWBR? TN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, •*- I...cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that...