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. Select Essays and Poems - Página 77por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 páginas
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...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... | |
| James Ashcroft Noble - 1873 - 274 páginas
...value. Every truth, he seems to say, is worshipful, but no truth is exclusively to be worshipped : " All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone." He is one of the most suggestive of modern writers, for he is, an intellectual explorer who is never... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - 200 páginas
...round yon Alpine height ; 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...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... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 páginas
...round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neigh bor's creed has lent. AH are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone....note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; ] brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I diil... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 páginas
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neigh Iwr's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. 1 thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; 1 brought him home,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 páginas
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thon what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good...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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 páginas
...round yon Alpine height ; 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...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... | |
| 1876 - 508 páginas
...round yon Alpine height. Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 páginas
...Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each oue; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's...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... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 622 páginas
...Alpine hight ; Nor knowest thou what argument All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or yood alone! I thought the sparrow's note from Heaven, Singing...bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even, He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring him home the river and sky; He sang... | |
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