 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, 0 rival of the rose!  An Emerson Calendar - 第 44 頁Ralph Waldo Emerson 著 - 1905 - 117 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 頁
...gay ; Here 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 earth and sky, 10 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 頁
...their beauty gsy ; Young RAPHAEL might covet such a school; The lively show beguiled me from my 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 頁
...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....ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [you. The selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. NCED by all the trumpets of... | |
 | 1857 - 376 頁
...gay : Here might the red bird come his plume to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array, Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is...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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 頁
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 頁
...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...ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [youThe selfsame Power that brought me there, brought THE SNOW-STORM. A •»• VKI \ c MI by all... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 頁
...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 - 1854 - 350 頁
...their beauty gay ; Young RAPHAEL might covet such a school ; The lively show beguiled me from my 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 頁
...why This charm is wasted on the marsh and skv. Dear, tell them, that if eyes were made (or secir.; Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Why, thou wert there, O, rival of the rose ! [ never thought to ask, I never knew, But in my simple ignorance suppose [vw The selfsame Power that... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1860 - 492 頁
...The question reminds one of the poet's answer when asked whence was the Rhodora : — " Why wert thrm there, O rival of the rose ? I never thought to ask,...never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The selfaame power that brought me there brought you !"* I sketched some of the crystals, but, instead... | |
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