Little thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown, of thee from the hill-top looking down; the heifer that lows in the upland farm, far-heard, lows not thine ear to charm; the sexton, tolling his bell at noon, deems not that great napoleon stops his horse, and lists with delight, whilst his files sweep round yon alpine height; what is emerson representing when he describes a field hand, a cow, a church official and a horse in the excerpt above? a painting he once saw a snapshot of different “characters” one may overlook when looking at nature scene a perfect day in america a farm that he once worked on as a younger man