 In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty...  Literature: A Fifth Reader - Seite 311von Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - 1901 - 512 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 Seiten
...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...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask — I never...The self-same Power that brought me there brought yon! OUR LIBRARY TABLE. THOMAS HOOD THE YOUNGER. PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES. By Thomas Hood. (London:... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 Seiten
...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...self-same power that brought me there, brought you. f0 mnrst. HK White. M ILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire ! Whose modest form, so delicately fine,... | |
 | 1854 - 362 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 Seiten
...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 if eyes were made for...self-same power that brought me there, brought you." Mr. Matthew Arnold says that French criticism calls real simplicity, " simplicite," and the semblance... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 Seiten
...array. 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...selfsame Power that brought me there, brought you. RALI.H WALDO EMERSON. 124 THE MIGHT PIECE. HER eyes the glow-worme lend thee, The shooting-starres... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1861 - 494 Seiten
...question reminds one of the poet's answer when asked whence was the Rhodora : — " Why wert thou there, 0 rival of the rose ? I never thought to ask, I never...suppose The selfsame power that brought me there brought yon !" * I sketched some of the crystals, but, instad of reproducing these sketches, which were rough... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 Seiten
...made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, oh rival of the rose' I I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But in my simple...The self-same Power that brought me there', brought jtottV 11. In Scotland the poorer people cover their cabins with heath, and the hardy Highlanders often... | |
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