 In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty...  Overland Monthly - 530 psl.1885Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 psl.
...cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, 10 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,...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, suppose is... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 psl.
...way. 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 suppose [you.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 psl.
...sages ask thec why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, that if eves were m:ule 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 suppose [you.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 psl.
...the bush with God may meet? THE RHODORA: ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER? IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in...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, suppose The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 psl.
...the bush with God may meet. THE RHODORA, ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER. IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in...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 suppose The... | |
 | 1857 - 376 psl.
...fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay : Here might the red bird come his plume to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array,...is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The... | |
 | 1850 - 550 psl.
...discover. " Rhodona ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasicd 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 suppose, The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 psl.
...6. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 54. Winnipiseogee : " Smile of the Great Spirit." NOTE 3, page 70. This legend is the... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 psl.
...plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why Thy charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear,...beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert here, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 psl.
...Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, (hat 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 suppose [youThe... | |
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