The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... God . O , when I am safe in my sylvan home , I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretched beneath the pines , Where the evening star so holy shines , I laugh at the lore and the pride of man , At the sophist schools ...
... God . O , when I am safe in my sylvan home , I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretched beneath the pines , Where the evening star so holy shines , I laugh at the lore and the pride of man , At the sophist schools ...
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... God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew- The conscious stone to beauty grew.1 1 Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves , and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell , Painting with morn ...
... God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew- The conscious stone to beauty grew.1 1 Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves , and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell , Painting with morn ...
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... gods In their cloudless periods ; For of this lore be thou sure , · - Though thou forget , the gods , secure , Forget never their command , But make the statute of this land . As they lead , so follow all , Ever have done , ever shall ...
... gods In their cloudless periods ; For of this lore be thou sure , · - Though thou forget , the gods , secure , Forget never their command , But make the statute of this land . As they lead , so follow all , Ever have done , ever shall ...
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... gods talking ; And the treason , too long pent , To his ears was evident . The young deities discussed Laws of form , and metre just , Orb , quintessence , and sunbeams , What subsisteth , and what seems . One , with low tones that ...
... gods talking ; And the treason , too long pent , To his ears was evident . The young deities discussed Laws of form , and metre just , Orb , quintessence , and sunbeams , What subsisteth , and what seems . One , with low tones that ...
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... gods shook their heads , The seraphs frowned from myrtle - beds ; Seemed to the holy festival The rash word boded ... god Withdrew , that hour , into his cloud ; Whether doomed to long gyration In the sea of generation , Or by knowledge ...
... gods shook their heads , The seraphs frowned from myrtle - beds ; Seemed to the holy festival The rash word boded ... god Withdrew , that hour , into his cloud ; Whether doomed to long gyration In the sea of generation , Or by knowledge ...
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