The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 9Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page 12
... Sum their long experience , And import intelligence . Single look has drained the breast ; Single moment years confessed . The duration of a glance Is the term of convenance , And , though thy rede be church or state , THE VISIT.
... Sum their long experience , And import intelligence . Single look has drained the breast ; Single moment years confessed . The duration of a glance Is the term of convenance , And , though thy rede be church or state , THE VISIT.
Page 13
... , What subsisteth , and what seems . One , with low tones that decide , And doubt and reverend use defied , With a look that solved the sphere , And stirred the devils everywhere , Gave his sentiment divine URIEL 13 URIEL.
... , What subsisteth , and what seems . One , with low tones that decide , And doubt and reverend use defied , With a look that solved the sphere , And stirred the devils everywhere , Gave his sentiment divine URIEL 13 URIEL.
Page 15
... his games undaunted Who never looks behind.2 Cities of proud hotels , Houses of rich and great , Vice nestles in your chambers , Beneath your roofs of slate . It cannot conquer folly , - - Time - and THE WORLD - SOUL 15 THE WORLD-SOUL 15 0.
... his games undaunted Who never looks behind.2 Cities of proud hotels , Houses of rich and great , Vice nestles in your chambers , Beneath your roofs of slate . It cannot conquer folly , - - Time - and THE WORLD - SOUL 15 THE WORLD-SOUL 15 0.
Page 32
... That one thing is Success , - Dear to the Eumenides , And to all the heavenly brood . Who bides at home , nor looks abroad , Carries the eagles , and masters the sword.3 GUY MORTAL mixed of middle clay , Attempered to the 32 DESTINY.
... That one thing is Success , - Dear to the Eumenides , And to all the heavenly brood . Who bides at home , nor looks abroad , Carries the eagles , and masters the sword.3 GUY MORTAL mixed of middle clay , Attempered to the 32 DESTINY.
Page 56
... look again . Surely now will the curtain rise , And earth's fit tenant me surprise ; But the curtain doth not rise , And Nature has miscarried wholly Into failure , into folly . " Alas ! thine is the bankruptcy , Blessed Nature so to ...
... look again . Surely now will the curtain rise , And earth's fit tenant me surprise ; But the curtain doth not rise , And Nature has miscarried wholly Into failure , into folly . " Alas ! thine is the bankruptcy , Blessed Nature so to ...
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