 | Ronald E. Martin - 1991 - 424 lehte
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. 3 Presumably a poem about a particular... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 lehte
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O nd Joan they think no ill, But loving live, and merry still; suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. (1. 9-16) AA; AmPP; AnAmPo; AWP; BoNaP;... | |
 | Elisa New - 1993 - 294 lehte
...dear, that if eyes were made for seeing Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But in my simple ignorance, suppose, The self-same power that brought me there brought you. Halfway through, this poem about desire... | |
 | Mary Oliver - 1998 - 212 lehte
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou were there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. O Wild West wind, thou breath of Autumn's... | |
 | Charles Ives - 1962 - 292 lehte
...explain: ... if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.m Perhaps Sturt answers by substitution:... | |
 | Frank Mehring - 2001 - 194 lehte
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. Why wert though there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, I suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you. "Erläuterung zu den Effekten" von... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 lehte
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why though wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power1 that brought me there brought you. 1839 The rhodora is a variety of wild... | |
 | Kris Fresonke - 2003 - 220 lehte
...that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou were there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.37 The poem rehearses the principles... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - 2003 - 408 lehte
...made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose I I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you." The Humble-bee is a gem, true in its... | |
 | John Tynall - 2005 - 293 lehte
...question reminds one of the poet's answer when asked whence was the Rhodora:— "Why wert thou there, O rival of the rose ? I never thought to ask, I never knew ; But in my simple ignorance suppose The self-same power that brought me there brought you I" * * Emerson. 188 Glaciers of the Alps... | |
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Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being : Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose ! I never thought to ask, I never knew... 
