Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Volume 9), The Apology (p. 119)


Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought.

Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought.

Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought.

Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought.