 | Charles William Pearson - American poetry - 1908 - 280 pages
...rune, Whether she work on land or sea, Or hide underground her alchemy. Thou canst not wave thy staif in air, Or dip thy paddle in the lake, But it carves...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake." It seems to us obvious that the proper place for a rhyme is at the end of the verse; but there are... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 218 pages
...rounds with rhyme her every rune, 380 Whether she work in land or sea, Or hide underground her alchemy.0 Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle...in the lake, But it carves the bow of beauty there, 385 And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than thou : The wood and wave... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 358 pages
...each his bosom-secret say. Come learn with me the fatal song Which knits the world in music strong, Come lift thine eyes to lofty rhymes, Of things with...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than tliou ; The wood and wave each other know Not unrelated, unaffied, But to... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Arbor Day - 1909 - 400 pages
...And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. — BRYANT. Second Pupil. For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than thou; The wood and wave each other know. Not unrelated, unaffied, 331 But... | |
 | William Crary Brownell - American prose literature - 1909 - 572 pages
...it is not the concrete that attracts him. Consider these lovely lines — the oasis of "Woodnotes:" "Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake." Even here the poet is not so much noting the beauty of the phenomena he records, as inviting our attention... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - English language - 1909 - 236 pages
...poetry of earth is never dead." Emerson spoke not more as poet than as observer when he said: f'Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake." The whole universe swings to rhythm, and through the ages men have fancied themselves hearing some... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1910 - 344 pages
...alive ; Heartily know When half-gods go, The gods arrive.' The lines from Wood Notes run as follows : ' Come learn with me the fatal song Which knits the...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. Not unrelated, unaffied, But to each thought and thing allied, Is perfect Nature's every part, Rooted... | |
 | American poetry - 1910 - 532 pages
...each his bosom-secret say. ' Come learn with me the fatal song Which knits the world in music strong, Come lift thine eyes to lofty rhymes, Of things with...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than thou; The wood and wave each other know Not unrelated, unaffied, But to... | |
 | Arbor Day - 1908 - 130 pages
...and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. — Washington Irving. THIRD PUPIL. For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. The wood is wiser far than thou; The wood and wave each other know. Not unrelated, unaffied, But to... | |
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For Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every rune, Whether she work in land or sea, Or hide underground her alchemy. Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle in the lake, But it carves the bow of beauty there, And the... 
