 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 - Sivu 77tekijä(t) Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 sivua
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument ' Thy life to thy neighbour's creed hath lent, All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Dinging at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 sivua
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed hath lent, All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...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... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 sivua
...sighed, yet blessed the lad : Some deemed him0 wondrous wise, and some believed hime mad. — .HcAiitic,. I thought the sparrow's note « from heaven, Singing...alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — Tie sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, .//is sang... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 272 sivua
...deemed him« wondrous wise, and some believed hime mad. — Beattle. I thought the sparrow's note e from heaven, Singing at dawn on the 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 nnd sky, He sang... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 sivua
...round yon distant 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 good alone. I sought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 sivua
...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 good...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 sivua
...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. "Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow thought... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 sivua
...round yon Alpine height ; Xor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed hath lent, All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good...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 san?... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1852 - 502 sivua
...this bird that the poet wrote : — " I thought 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 did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sivua
...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...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... | |
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