 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...vague shadow of surmise Flits across her bosom young Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Though her parting dims the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...thee, Free be she, fancy-free, Do not thou detain a hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The... | |
 | M. Edgeworth Lazarus - 1852 - 358 pages
...shadow of surmise, Flits across her bosom young, Of a joy apart from thee; Free be she, fancy-free; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer's diudcm. Though thou loved her as thyselfAs a self of purer clay — Though her parting dims the day,... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1854 - 676 pages
...Free be she, fancy free, • Do not thou detain a hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. " Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self...Stealing grace from all alive. Heartily know, When half gods go The gods arrive." This is noble stoicism. Among Emerson's poems are some which bear witness... | |
 | George Wood - 1855 - 412 pages
...shadow of surmise, Flits across her bosom young, Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free ; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. " Then thou loved her as thyself ! As a self of purer clay, Though her parting dims... | |
 | George Wood - 1855 - 408 pages
...shadow of surmise, Flits across her bosom young, Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free ; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. " Then thou loved her as thyself ! As a self of purer clay, Though her parting dims... | |
 | Cyrus Augustus Bartol - 1874 - 406 pages
...Peter the Great was small enough to indulge ! We cannot bind the soul that would leave our side, "Nor detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem." Let her be at large, but under that duty which is deity in our affections, as among... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...vague shadow of surmise Flits across her bosom young Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Though her parting dims the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...shadow of surmise Flits across her bosom young, Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Though her parting dims the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 pages
...shadow of surmise Flits across her bosom young, Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free ; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she flung From her summer diadem. Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Though her parting dims the... | |
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Free as an Arab Of thy beloved. Cling with life to the maid; But when the surprise, First vague shadow of surmise Flits across her bosom young, Of a joy apart from thee, Free be she, fancy-free; Nor thou detain her vesture's hem, Nor the palest rose she... 
