 Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity; Again I saw, again I heard. The rolling river, the morning bird; Beauty through my senses stole; I yielded myself to the perfect whole.  Poems and Essays - Page 68by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 236 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 lehte
...35 A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth :" — As I spoke, beneath my feet 40 The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burs; I inhaled the violet's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 lehte
...A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then, I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth ;" As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curl'd its pretty wreath, Running over the hair-cap burs : I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 lehte
...I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curl'd its pretty wreath, Running over the hair-cap burs ; I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs : Pine-cones and acoms lay on the ground. Over me soar'd the eternal sky Full of light and of deity; Again I saw —... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 lehte
...A gentle wife, but fairy none. Then, I said, "I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat ; I leave it behind with the games of youth ;" As I spoke, buncath my feet The ground-pine curl'd its pretty wreath, Running over the hair-cap burs : I inhaled... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 lehte
...the sand, and the wild uproar ! Then I said, "I covet Truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat, — I leave it behind with the games of youth." As I spoke,...violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Above me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and Deity... | |
 | 1853 - 560 lehte
...Then I said, ' I covet Truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat, — I leave it behind with the gems of youth.' As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine...violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; Pine cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Above me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and deity;... | |
 | 1864 - 428 lehte
...I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat — I leave it behind with the games of youth." The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running...the violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and furs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 lehte
...the sand, and the wild uproar. Then I said " I covet Truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat,— I leave it behind with the games of youth.' As I spoke,...and firs ; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground ; Above me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and deity. Again I saw, again I heard, The rolling... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 lehte
...gentle wife, but fairy none. Then I said, " I covet truth ; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat — I leave it behind with the games of youth." As I spoke,...curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burs ; I inhaled the violet's breath ; Around me stood the oaks and firs ; 3V I Pine-cones and acorns... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 lehte
...gentle wife, but fairy none. IV. Then I said,—" I covet truth; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat— I leave it behind with the games of youth." As I spoke,...my feet The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, I inhaled the violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the... | |
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