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 Wider Life - ˹éÒ 84â´Â James Russell Miller - 1908 - 286 ˹éÒÁØÁÁͧ·Ñé§àÅèÁ - à¡ÕèÂǡѺ˹ѧÊ×ÍàÅèÁ¹Õé
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 ˹éÒ
...one; Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Dinging at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, Ho sane to my ear, these sang to my eye.... | |
| Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 ˹éÒ
...one, Nothing is fair or good alone. I sought 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 pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear ; they sang to my... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 ˹éÒ
...some believed hime mad.— Beattle. I thought the sparrow's note e from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even,— He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky, He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.—... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 ˹éÒ
...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 ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
| Anne Pratt - 1852 - 502 ˹éÒ
...bird that the poet wrote : — " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven Singing at dawn, from the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear — they sang to my... | |
| 1853 - 560 ˹éÒ
...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 ; — He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear; they sang to my eye'.... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 ˹éÒ
...lessons writ. • Willis's Poems. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang... | |
| 1864 - 428 ˹éÒ
...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. He sings the song, but it pleases not now; For I did not bring home the river ana sky; He sang to my ear — they sang to my... | |
| R. C. J. - 1866 - 312 ˹éÒ
...humblest lay. WORDSWORTH. EACH AND ALL. 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 pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky. He sang to my ear; they sang to my eye.... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 ˹éÒ
...receive the soul. Byron, DJ in. 120. I heard the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I brought not home the river and sky ; — Ho sang to my ear, — they sang to... | |
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