 Khodora! 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. — Emerson : The  Primary Education - Página 2421898Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 páginas
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! As ye hae been to me ? 0, tell me gin their music fil marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 364 páginas
...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 marsh and sky, Dear, tell them that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 368 páginas
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Ehodora! 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... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 páginas
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, An;, court the flower that cheapens his 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... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 páginas
...might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! hat gather round the setting sun Do take a sober coloring...Another race hath been, and other palms are won. T Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But in my simple ignorance... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 páginas
...thine. Good-Bye. What are they all in their high conceit, When man i:i the bush with God may meet ? MA. If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. The silent organ loudest chants The master's requiem. Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired... | |
 | William Channing Gannett - 1881 - 126 páginas
...surface? We used to account for it as sign of God's delight in beauty in itself. We used to say, " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." But to-day, again, brings forward a new and richer thought, that all this beauty and fragrance is but... | |
 | Ethel Coxon - 1881 - 264 páginas
...Yes, a beautiful girl. I shall have to quote those two lines you are so fond of. ' Tell them, dear, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being.' " A BASIL PLANT. " Beauty—yes," said Roland. 225 " I haven't time to hear a lecture on aesthetics,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 páginas
...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 marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for... | |
 | Joel Benton - 1883 - 148 páginas
...a score of examples, I only quote here, as an instance, the conclusion to "The Rhodora": Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on...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... | |
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