 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!  Vick's Magazine - Page 2611888Full view - About this book
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1850 - 540 pages
...Rhodona ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, 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... | |
 | Fashion - 744 pages
...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, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But in my simple... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky. Dear, tell them, 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1847 - 244 pages
...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 ; But in my simple... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...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 ; But, in my simple... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1850 - 550 pages
...Rhodona ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasicd on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1850 - 598 pages
...Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the marsh and sky, Dear, tell them, 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... | |
 | Women's periodicals, English - 1857 - 376 pages
...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, 0 rival of the rose, I never thought to ask — I never knew ; But in my simple... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 144 pages
...the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : " If eyea were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 64. "Winnipiseogee: " Smile of the Great Spirit." NOTE 3, page 70. This legend is the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 pages
...6. For the idea of this line, I am indebted to Emerson, in his inimitable sonnet to the Rhodora : " If eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." NOTE 2, page 54. Winnipiseogee : " Smile of the Great Spirit." NOTE 3, page 70. This legend is the... | |
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