 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...  Poets and Problems - Page 29by George Willis Cooke - 1886 - 386 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 lehte
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. 10 All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...alder bough; I brought him home in his nest at even ; 15 He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 lehte
...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, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, Ho sane to my ear, these sang to my eye.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 lehte
...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, Singing...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 to my ear, these sang to my eye.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 lehte
...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...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 to my ear ; they sang to my... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 272 lehte
...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 ;...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 to my ear, they sang to my eye.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 lehte
...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 and sky ; He sang to my ear ; they sang to my eye. The delicate shells lay on the shore ; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 lehte
...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 - 268 lehte
...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 and sky, He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.— BW Emerson. » Eule ix., Rem. 7. b In apposition with it. c This is an idiomatic use of the verb had.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 lehte
...life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing...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 to my ear, — they sang to... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1852 - 502 lehte
...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 to my ear — they sang to my... | |
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