 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 self-same Power that brought...  Standard Supplementary Readers - Page 12publié par - 1880Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 199 pages
...array. Ehodora ! 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 ! I never thought to ask; I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1848 - 544 pages
...beguiled me from my way. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh ami sky. Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing,...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.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 127 pages
...6. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Ehodora : " 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... | |
 | 1850
...why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for oeeing, 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, The... | |
 | JOHN G. WHITTIER - 1851
...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 - 340 pages
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why Thy 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 here, 0 rival of the rose! I never thought to ask—I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 622 pages
...ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and вЪ Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the re I never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose The selfsame... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1861 - 446 pages
...The 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,...The selfsame power that brought me there brought you !" * I sketched some of the crystals, but, instad of reproducing these sketches, which were rough and... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 538 pages
...that cheapens hia array. I0t Rhodora'! if the cages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the march and sky'. Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is ita own excuse for being. But in my simple ignorance suppose The self-tame Power that brought me there',... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868
...cheapens his array. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, j O Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing,...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 The... | |
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