 I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.  Select Essays and Poems - Page 77by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Almira Leach Hayward - Birthday books - 1880 - 300 pages
...she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other ! HW Long/Mow. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. RW Emerson. March 3. For both are his own, — the innocence That climbs from the heart of earth to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest tliou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. tide In torrents from his wounded side. " Then it was trut 1 thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; 1 brought him home,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1880 - 474 pages
...round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or good alone. * * * The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel... | |
 | Phrenology - 1880 - 670 pages
...and the fifteen at the conclusion had been omitted. Among its best are these lovely poetic verses : " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven. Singing at dawn on the elder bough ; i88i.J THE POETRY OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 129 I brought htm home in his nest at even... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1881 - 348 pages
...round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or...alder bough; I brought him home in his nest, at even, He sings the song, but it pleases not now; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. k, and ; He sings thn song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky;He sang to my... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...receive the sou'. Byron, DJ In. 120. I heard the sparrow's note from heaven, ' Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I brought not home the river and sky ; — He sang... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - Birthday books - 1881 - 378 pages
...obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows, Useless each without the other ! H. lT. Longfellow. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. RWEmerson. March 3. — For both are his own, — the innocence That climbs from the heart of earth... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one — Nothing is fair or...sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. For I did not bring home the river and sky... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...philosopher."" In the first selection he inculcates the philosophy which he has expressed in the lines — " All are needed by each one : Nothing is fair or good alone." II.— Each and All. 1. The delicate shells lay on the shore: The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh... | |
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