 Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!  A Manual of American Literature - Seite 138von James Brady Smiley - 1905 - 336 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 Seiten
...gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to 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, 10 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...their beauty gsy ; Young RAPHAEL might covet such a school; The lively show beguiled me from my way. 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 its own excuse for... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 Seiten
...sages ask thec why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eves were m:ule for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 Seiten
...gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is...being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 Seiten
...gay ; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is...being ; Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask; I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The self-same power that brought... | |
 | 1857 - 376 Seiten
...gay : Here might the red bird come his plume to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array, Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is...is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
 | 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...being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose, I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose, The selfsame power that brought... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 Seiten
...6. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 54. Winnipiseogee : " Smile of the Great Spirit." NOTE 3, page 70. This legend is the... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 Seiten
...plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why Thy charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear,...beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 Seiten
...Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, (hat if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own...being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [youThe selfsame Power that... | |
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