 Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity; Again I saw, again I heard. The rolling river, the morning bird; Beauty through my senses stole; I yielded myself to the perfect whole.  Selected Poems - Page 13by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...his hermitage Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage ; — The gay enchantment was undone, 35 A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, " I covet...games of youth :" — As I spoke, beneath my feet 40 The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burs; I inhaled the violet's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...quire. At last, she came to his hermitage, Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage, — The gav enchantment was undone, — A gentle wife, but fairy...youth ;" As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curl'd its pretty wreath, Running over the hair-cap burs : I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...snow-white quire. At last, she came to his hermitage, Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage, — The gay enchantment was undone,— A gentle wife, but...youth ;" As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curl'd its pretty wreath, Running over the hair-cap burs ; I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...snow-white quire. At last, she came to his hermitage, Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage, — The gay enchantment was undone, — A gentle wife, but...leave it behind with the games of youth ;" As I spoke, buncath my feet The ground-pine curl'd its pretty wreath, Running over the hair-cap burs : I inhaled... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 238 pages
...noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar ! Then I said, "I covet Truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's...violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Above me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and Deity... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...snow-white quire. At last, she came to his hermitage, Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage, — The gay enchantment was undone, — A gentle wife, but...cheat ; I leave it behind with the games of youth ;" Aa I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curl'd its pretty wreath, Running over the hair-cap... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...snow-white quire ; At last she came to his hermitage, Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage, — The gay enchantment was undone, A gentle wife, but fairy...childhood's cheat, — I leave it behind with the gems of youth.' As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 428 pages
...I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat — I leave it behind with the games of youth." The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running...the violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and furs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...snow-white choir. At last she came to his hermitage, Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage ; The gay enchantment was undone — A gentle wife, but...curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burs ; I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; 3V I Pine-cones and acorns... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...from the woodlands to the cage; The gay enchantment was undone— A gentle wife, but fairy none. IV. Then I said,—" I covet truth; Beauty is unripe childhood's...my feet The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, I inhaled the violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the... | |
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