The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow ...
... heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains , or pensive smiles ; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowlèd churchman be . Why should the vest on him allure , Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow ...
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... heart through chanting choirs , And through the priest the mind inspires . The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told , In groves of oak , or fanes of gold , Still floats upon the ...
... heart through chanting choirs , And through the priest the mind inspires . The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told , In groves of oak , or fanes of gold , Still floats upon the ...
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... this throbbing heart , And we are never old ; Over the winter glaciers I see the summer glow , And through the wild - piled snow - drift The warm rosebuds below . THE SPHINX THE Sphinx is drowsy , Her wings are THE WORLD - SOUL 19.
... this throbbing heart , And we are never old ; Over the winter glaciers I see the summer glow , And through the wild - piled snow - drift The warm rosebuds below . THE SPHINX THE Sphinx is drowsy , Her wings are THE WORLD - SOUL 19.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. Love works at the centre , Heart - heaving alway ; Forth speed the strong pulses To the borders of day . " Dull Sphinx , Jove keep thy five wits ; Thy sight is growing blear ; Rue , myrrh and cummin for the Sphinx ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Love works at the centre , Heart - heaving alway ; Forth speed the strong pulses To the borders of day . " Dull Sphinx , Jove keep thy five wits ; Thy sight is growing blear ; Rue , myrrh and cummin for the Sphinx ...
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... his face , ( Thy heart saith , Brother , go thy ways ! None shall ask thee what thou doest , Or care a rush for what thou knowest , Or listen when thou repliest , Or remember where thou liest , Or how thy supper DESTINY.
... his face , ( Thy heart saith , Brother , go thy ways ! None shall ask thee what thou doest , Or care a rush for what thou knowest , Or listen when thou repliest , Or remember where thou liest , Or how thy supper DESTINY.
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