ParnassusRalph Waldo Emerson Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881 - 534 pages |
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... falls then To catch the pilfering birds , not men . O happy life ! if that their good The husbandmen but understood ; Who all the day themselves do please , And younglings with such sports as these ; And , lying down , have nought to ...
... falls then To catch the pilfering birds , not men . O happy life ! if that their good The husbandmen but understood ; Who all the day themselves do please , And younglings with such sports as these ; And , lying down , have nought to ...
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... Falling two miles through rowan and stunted alder , enveloped Then for four more in a forest of pine , where broad and ... fall and clear it ; Here , the delight of the bather , you roll in beaded sparklings , Here into pure green depth ...
... Falling two miles through rowan and stunted alder , enveloped Then for four more in a forest of pine , where broad and ... fall and clear it ; Here , the delight of the bather , you roll in beaded sparklings , Here into pure green depth ...
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... fall on grass . Meanwhile the mind , from pleasure less , Withdraws into its happiness , The mind , that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find , Yet it creates , transcending these , Far other worlds and other ...
... fall on grass . Meanwhile the mind , from pleasure less , Withdraws into its happiness , The mind , that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find , Yet it creates , transcending these , Far other worlds and other ...
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... fall upon the grass like love's first kiss ; I make the golden flies and their fine bliss ; I paint the hedgerows in the lane , And clover white and red the path- ways bear ; I laugh aloud in sudden gusts of rain To see the ocean lash ...
... fall upon the grass like love's first kiss ; I make the golden flies and their fine bliss ; I paint the hedgerows in the lane , And clover white and red the path- ways bear ; I laugh aloud in sudden gusts of rain To see the ocean lash ...
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... fall To feed the insatiate prodigal ! Lawns , houses , chattels , groves , and fields , All that the fertile valley shields ; Wages of folly , baits of crime , Of life's uneasy game the stake , Playthings that keep the eyes awake Of ...
... fall To feed the insatiate prodigal ! Lawns , houses , chattels , groves , and fields , All that the fertile valley shields ; Wages of folly , baits of crime , Of life's uneasy game the stake , Playthings that keep the eyes awake Of ...
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