 I do not see them or hear them," she replied, "and yet I want to very much." " No," said I; "you only want to want to see and hear them." You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush.  Locusts and Wild Honey - Page 68by John Burroughs - 1884 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1879 - 592 pages
...that with like ease the birds see me, though unquestionably the chances are immensely in their favor. The eye sees what it has the means of seeing, truly....purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking fem who did not have the walking fern in his mind. A person whose eye is full of Indian relics picks... | |
 | 1897 - 560 pages
...present. And I sat and sat, and she never gave me the present. Some Thoughts from John BurroughsYou must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. The song-birds might all have been hatched or brooded in the human heart. If one is a lover of birds, he... | |
 | Arbor Day - 1893 - 52 pages
...thing*, both great and small; For the dear Lord who loveth us, He made and loveth all. Quotations. The eye sees what it has the means of seeing, truly....must have the bird in your heart before you can find it|tn the bush. The eye must have purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking fern without having... | |
 | Henry S. Salt - Authors, English - 1894 - 146 pages
...nothing else than intense interest in his pursuit; for as another great naturalist has remarked, " You must have the bird in your heart before you can...it in the bush. The eye must have purpose and aim." J For the rest of it, there is much wisdom in Jefferies' precept, which was also his practice, of beginning... | |
 | John Burroughs - Childrens books - 1895 - 168 pages
...is easy, and what is more, it is joyous. Things come to you. You are in vital connection with them. You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush, and when you once have it in your heart, the finding of it in the bush is a secondary matter. JOHN... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 478 pages
...that with like ease the birds see me, though unquestionably the chances are immensely in their favor. The eye sees what it has the means of seeing, truly....must have -purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking-fern who did not have the walking-fern in his mind. A person whose eye is full of Indian relics... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - American essays - 1900 - 460 pages
...replied, "and yet I want to very much." * No," said I; " you only want to want to see and hear them.' You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. I was sitting in front of a farmhouse one day, in company with the local Nimrod. In a maple tree in... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1900 - 1004 pages
...replied, "and yet I want to very much." " No," said I ; " you only want to want to see and hear them." You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. I was sitting in front of a farm-house one day in company with the local Nimrod. In a maple-tree in... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 468 pages
...that with like ease the birds see me, though unquestionably the chances are immensely in their favor. The eye sees what it has the means of seeing, truly....must have purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking-fern who did not have the walking-fern in his mind. A person whose eye is full of Indian relics... | |
 | Julian Willis Abernethy - American literature - 1902 - 526 pages
...I must write from sympathy and love, or not at all." Elsewhere he gives this neat bit of advice : " You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush." With this directness and simplicity, that seem to be concerned merely with the plain record of facts,... | |
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