I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky;— He sang to my ear,— they sang to my eye. A Spelling Book - Página 79por Georgia Alexander - 1906 - 152 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| American Institute of Instruction - 1891 - 334 páginas
...the mind, while singing or listening to the melodies. The poet says : , " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's...home, in his nest at even; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, — they sang to my... | |
| California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 páginas
...about the education of children. Read, if accessible, "Essay on Manners." — Emerson. To be memorized: I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear — they sang to my... | |
| 1894 - 360 páginas
...fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; 1 brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
| John Vance Cheney - 1895 - 466 páginas
...has matched the exceptional excellences of the next two poems, " Each and All," and " The Problem." " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang... | |
| 1895 - 768 páginas
...brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I brought not home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. Emerson, NAVIGATION. Eude as their ships was navigation then, No useful compass or meridian known ; Coasting,... | |
| Alexander M. Bisset - 1896 - 368 páginas
...dawn on the aulder bough ; I brought him homo in his nest at even, He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye,"— and in like manner quotations dissociated from their original setting lose much of their beauty ; so... | |
| Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1896 - 376 páginas
...dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky : He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. — RALPH WALUO EMERSON. MARINE (SEA) PEBBLES. Look at the picture above. Hark ! Can you not hear the... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 páginas
...Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's...sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave,... | |
| John Piersol McCaskey - 1897 - 592 páginas
...knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's...home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For 1 did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 páginas
...knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. 10 All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's...alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; K He sings the song, but it cheers not now, 9. argument : justification, inspiration, encouragement,... | |
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