 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, 0 rival of the rose!  The Cambrian - Страница 3451904Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 страници
...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,...never knew : But, in my simple ignorance, suppose is The self -same Power that brought me there brought you. EACH AND ALL. LITTLE thinks, in the field,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 страници
...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...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 страници
...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....ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. NCED by all the trumpets of... | |
 | 1857 - 376 страници
...come his plume 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, Tell...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 страници
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 страници
...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...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [youThe selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. A •»• VKI \ c MI by all... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 страници
...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 - 1854 - 350 страници
...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 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 страници
...why This charm is wasted on the marsh and skv. Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made (or secir.; Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! [ never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [vw The selfsame Power that... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1860 - 492 страници
...The question reminds one of the poet's answer when asked whence was the Rhodora : — " Why wert thrm there, O rival of the rose ? I never thought to ask,...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The selfaame power that brought me there brought you !"* I sketched some of the crystals, but, instead... | |
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