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" Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds: And strangers, fond as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet... "
The Early Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 48
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 220 pages
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Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1847 - 244 pages
...sounds in my own trees ; ' How graceful climb those shadows on my hill; ' I fancy those purq»*waters and the flags ' Know me as does my dog : we sympathize,...misty lowland where to go for peat. ' The land is well,—lies fairly to the south. ' 'Tis good, when you have crossed the sea and back, ' To find the...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 1

Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her. TENNYSON. NATUBE'S PITY FOB HUMAN PBIDE. Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth...plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave. A UUiSSINO. Softest peace enwrap her ! Content be still the breathing of her lips ! Be tranquil ever,...
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Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1856 - 266 pages
...laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs ; f j- /Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet ] , /Clear of the grave. vi-^They added ridge to valley, brook to pond, And sighed for all that bounded their domain. ' This...
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Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher: Incidents and Anecdotes of Rev. Edward T ...

Gilbert Haven, Thomas Russell - Methodist Church - 1872 - 282 pages
...sails, he must ever come in this port. " Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs ; Who steer...plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave." The order " Eeturn to the dust out of which thou art taken " fell on Father Taylor many years before...
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American poems, selected and ed. by W.M. Rossetti

American poems, William Michael Rossetti - American poetry - 1873 - 556 pages
...strangers, fond as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer...peat. The land is well, — lies fairly to the south. "Pis good, when you have crossed the sea and back, To find the sitfast acres where you left them."...
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Incidents and Anecdotes of Rev. Edward T. Taylor: For Over Forty Years ...

Gilbert Haven, Thomas Russell - 1873 - 476 pages
...Bails, he must ever come to this port. " Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs ; Who steer...plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave ! " The order " Return to the dust out of which thou art taken " fell on Father Taylor many years before...
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Selected Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...fond as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer...bounded their domain; ' This suits me for a pasture ; that 's my park ; We must have clay, lime, gravel, granite-ledge, And misty lowland, where to go...
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 4

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...fond as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer...bounded their domain ; ' This suits me for a pasture ; that 's my park ; We must have clay, lime, gravel, granite-ledge, And misty lowland, where to go...
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The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, Volumes 72-73

Phrenology - 1880 - 670 pages
...students might take them to heart : " Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs ; Who steer the plough, but can not steer their feet Clear of the grave. They added ridge to valley, brook to pond, And sighed...
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Emerson's Complete Works: Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...fond as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs ; Who steer...peat. The land is well, — lies fairly to the south. 'T is good, when you have crossed the sea and back, To find the sitfast acres where you left them.'...
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