Girds with one flame the countless host, Trances 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... Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society - Page 125by Massachusetts Historical Society - 1886Full view - About this book
| Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pages
...inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken, Was writ on tables -yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sybils told In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the Fathers wise, — The Book itself before me lies, — Old C/irysostom, best Augustine,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...AMERICAN POETS; 79 Trances the heart through chanting quires, And through the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken, Was writ on tables...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the Fathers wise,— The Book itself before me lies, — Old Chrysostom, best Augustine,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...fiery Pentecost Girds with one flame the Countless host, Trances the heart through chanting quires, The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the Fathers wise, The Book itself before me lies, Old Chrysostom, best Augustine, And... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...countless host, Trances the heart through chanting choirs, And through the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the fathers wise, — The Book itself before me lies, Old Chrysostom, best Augustine,... | |
| Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 pages
...one of our readers. Here is an extract : " How mankind love the truth ! W« will not let it go : 1 One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost.' So native is it to the mind of man. Look on the power of a ipecial truth, a great idea; view it merely... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...sybils told In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still flouts upon the morning wind, Still whis|>ers to the willing mind. One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the Fathers wise, — The Iwok itself before me lies, — Old Chryms'om, best Augustine,... | |
| 1853 - 520 pages
...better for the sight. Most premature conclusion ! He that made man well knows how to teach him ! " One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost," whether that accent was spoken to the prophet or whispered through the rustling leaf. In our academies... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1853 - 450 pages
...mankind, and still wanders for lack of meat. How mankind loves the truth ! We will not let it go; " One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost " ; so native is it to the mind of man. Look on the power of a special truth, a great idea ; view it... | |
| 1853 - 516 pages
...nor better for the sight. Most premature conclusion ! He that made man well knows how to teach him ! "One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost," whether that accent was spoken to the prophet or whispered through the rustling leaf. In our academies... | |
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