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
| Almira Leach Hayward - 1880 - 300 páginas
...she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other ! HW Long/Mow. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. RW Emerson. March 3. For both are his own, — the innocence That climbs from the heart of earth to... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 páginas
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest tliou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. tide In torrents from his wounded side. " Then it was trut 1 thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; 1 brought him home,... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 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 alone. * * * The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
| 1880 - 670 páginas
...and the fifteen at the conclusion had been omitted. Among its best are these lovely poetic verses : " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven. Singing at dawn on the elder bough ; i88i.J THE POETRY OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 129 I brought htm home in his nest at even... | |
| Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 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... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 páginas
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. k, and ; He sings thn song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky;He sang to my... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 páginas
...receive the sou'. Byron, DJ In. 120. I heard the sparrow's note from heaven, ' Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I 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... | |
| Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 páginas
...obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other ! H. lT. Longfellow. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. RWEmerson. March 3. — For both are his own, — the innocence That climbs from the heart of earth... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 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...sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 páginas
...philosopher."" In the first selection he inculcates the philosophy which he has expressed in the lines — " All are needed by each one : Nothing is fair or good alone." II.— Each and All. 1. The delicate shells lay on the shore: The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh... | |
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