 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 eye.  The Pioneer: Or, Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio - Pagina 65door Henry Clapp - 1846 - 208 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alfred H. Hyatt - 1901 - 352 pagina’s
...must be sought for in the open air. Somewhere in one of his poems, Emerson confesses — " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on...brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings his song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear —... | |
 | Alfred H. Hyatt - 1901 - 366 pagina’s
...must be sought for in the open air. Somewhere in one of his poems, Emerson confesses — " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on...brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings his song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear —... | |
 | 1921 - 478 pagina’s
...bird's freedom is an essential part of its charm. Emerson understood this when he wrote: "I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on...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." This is the crucial test, proving, as... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1891 - 332 pagina’s
...the melodies. The poet says : " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on...sky; He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye." After the poet has tested those manifestations in nature and human experience which give the highest... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pagina’s
...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 at dawn on...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... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pagina’s
...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 at dawn on the alder bough; 15 I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not... | |
 | Lang Elliott - 1999 - 144 pagina’s
...Ralph Waldo Emerson, probably referring to this species, wrote in "Each and All" (1867): "I thought the Sparrow's note from heaven, singing at dawn on the alder bough." Wilson Flagg (1881), considered the Song Sparrow "the true harbinger of spring; and, if not the sweetest... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pagina’s
...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 at dawn on...the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even;6 He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky— He... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 396 pagina’s
...losses, the tendency of nature is toward the good of the whole? Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on...home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For 1 did not bring home the river and sky;— He sang to my ear,—they sang to my... | |
 | Robert E. Belknap - 2004 - 284 pagina’s
...beauty depended on their integration within a whole greater than he could possibly possess: I thought the sparrow's note from heaven; Singing at dawn on...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... | |
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