ParnassusRalph Waldo Emerson Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881 - 534 pages |
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... 'Herode , ' has written masterly verses never learned from Cowley , some of which I have transcribed ; and Herbert is the psalmist dear to all who love 6 religious poetry with exquisite refinement of thought . So much vi PREFACE .
... 'Herode , ' has written masterly verses never learned from Cowley , some of which I have transcribed ; and Herbert is the psalmist dear to all who love 6 religious poetry with exquisite refinement of thought . So much vi PREFACE .
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... dear bounds , Not envying others ' larger grounds ; For well thou know'st , ' tis not the extent Of land makes life , but sweet con- tent . When now the cock , the ploughman's horne , Calls forth the lily - wristed morne ; Then to thy ...
... dear bounds , Not envying others ' larger grounds ; For well thou know'st , ' tis not the extent Of land makes life , but sweet con- tent . When now the cock , the ploughman's horne , Calls forth the lily - wristed morne ; Then to thy ...
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... dear Than all the pride of May ; The tempest's howl , it soothes my soul , My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please , Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme , whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil ...
... dear Than all the pride of May ; The tempest's howl , it soothes my soul , My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please , Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme , whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil ...
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... dear ? Mistaken long , I sought you then In busy companies of men . Your sacred plants , if here below , Only among the plants will grow : Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude . No white nor red was ever seen So amorous as ...
... dear ? Mistaken long , I sought you then In busy companies of men . Your sacred plants , if here below , Only among the plants will grow : Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude . No white nor red was ever seen So amorous as ...
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... dear Than music of the spring . But list ! though winter's storms be nigh , Unchecked is that soft harmony : There lives Who can provide For all his creatures ; and in him , Even like the radiant Seraphim , These Choristers confide ...
... dear Than music of the spring . But list ! though winter's storms be nigh , Unchecked is that soft harmony : There lives Who can provide For all his creatures ; and in him , Even like the radiant Seraphim , These Choristers confide ...
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