 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 Poets and Poetry of America - Strona 238autor: Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - Liczba stron: 476Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - Liczba stron: 500
...idea of this line, I am in474 NOTES. dcbtedto Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora, — " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 42, page 151. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland was Barclay... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1875 - Liczba stron: 470
...reference to this subject is that of the poet, who, when asked whence came the rhodora, replied : pai " Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never...thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance supposed The self-same power that brought me there brought you." ' A few exceptions to this general... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1875 - Liczba stron: 234
...love to make it if I can without stopping for any reason but the satisfaction." " ' Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, " ' Then beauty is its own excuse for being,' " observed David, who had a weakness for poetry, and, finding she liked his sort, quoted to Christie... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1875 - Liczba stron: 454
...love to make it if I can without stopping for any reason but the satisfaction.'* " ' Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, " ' Then beauty is its own excuse for being/ " observed David, who had a weakness for poetry, and, finding she liked his sort, quoted to Christie... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1876 - Liczba stron: 656
...ought we to accept the brotherhood affirmed by the poet, when asked the use of the beautiful rhodora— Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose! I never...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose The self-same Power that brought me here brought you. 1 A few exceptions to the general state of union... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - Liczba stron: 516
...array. 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! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1878 - Liczba stron: 1116
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, s ! from dog-star's heat, And all anxieties, my safe retreat; What safety, О rival of the roeel I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1879 - Liczba stron: 340
...lines: “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. \Vhy thou wast there, 0, rival of the rose! I never thought to ask. I never knew; But in my simple... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - 1879 - Liczba stron: 138
...hang its twin-born heads; or that which, unveiling the woodland retreat of the Rhodora, assures us that— If eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. When we read Emerson's poetry, we can scarcely think of surfaces and outlines ; we are in the very... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - 1879 - Liczba stron: 140
...hang its twin-born heads ; or that which, unveiling the woodland retreat of the Rhodora, assures us that— If eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. When we read Emerson's poetry, we can scarcely think of surfaces and outlines ; we are in the very... | |
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