 | 1870 - Liczba stron: 404
...And court the flower that cheapens bid army . "Rhoilora! it the sages ask thee why Tli is charm is wasted on the earth and .sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were niarle for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - Liczba stron: 466
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, 10 Dear, tell them 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - Liczba stron: 968
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, d upon the bugle horn. 'T is the place, and all around it, as of old, the curlews ca wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, But in my simple ignorance... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - Liczba stron: 436
...subject is that of the poet, who, when asked whence came the rhodora, replied: " 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." J A few exceptions to this general... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - Liczba stron: 438
...subject is that of the poet, who, when asked whence came the rhodora, replied : " Why them 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... | |
 | 1872 - Liczba stron: 710
...array. Rhodora I if the sages ask theo why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, re In chaining down hie heart, and watching 32 AMBITION. AMBITION. To rise by human wert there, О rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, sword ; BE-A.TJTY. BE-A-TJTY.... | |
 | 1873 - Liczba stron: 296
...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 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - Liczba stron: 906
...array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thce why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, Ap k> tliou wert there, 0 rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask ; I never knew, But in my simple iguo^nce... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - Liczba stron: 424
...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 42, page 121. Among the earliest converts to the doctrines of Friends in Scotland was Barclay... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - Liczba stron: 200
...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 them, dear, that...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,... | |
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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! 
