 Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought; Never from lips of cunning fell The thrilling Delphic oracle ; but from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's...  Emerson as a Poet - Page 34by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...Would I that cowled churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove...thrilling Delphic oracle ; Out from the heart of nature roll'd The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...Would I that cowled churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure 1 ied ! THE BELEAGURED CITY. I HATE read in some old...host of spectres pale Beleagured the walls of Prag roll'd The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame,... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1864 - 796 pages
...I that cowled Churchman be. " Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure ? " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove...cunning fell The thrilling Delphic oracle; Out from I he henrt of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came Like the volcano's... | |
 | 1901 - 834 pages
...beautiful, and that if they do so follow the leadings of this sentiment they will find the beautiful. " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity."... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 446 pages
...lightning ; they came from the toil and prayer and daily endeavor of that manliest and noblest man. " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought; Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...thought ; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taughL Stancas. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought. The Problem. Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. ibid. The hand that... | |
 | Alexander Mackie - 1874 - 442 pages
...fellows as they were ! — and you see object after object to remind you how true are the lines — " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought." All is inanimate and still as the grave. But you remember that — " The silent organ loudest chants... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...things Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar. Each and All. Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought. The Problem. Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. Jbid. The hand that... | |
 | Elliott W. Preston - 1876 - 206 pages
...Sorrow soothes the Eloquence of Woe, (3) For Pleasaunce featly (4) flies it is pursued the moe ! (8) (') "Not from a vain or shallow thought , His awful Jove young Phidias brought." [Emerson's " Problem." (*) Strains. (*) " No words suffice the secret soul to show, For Truth denies... | |
 | Manfred - 1876 - 204 pages
...Sorrow soothes the Eloquence of Woe, (3) For Pleasaunce featly (4) flies it is pursued the moe ! (6) (') "Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought." {Emerson's " Problem." O Strains. (3) "No words suffice the secret soul to show, For Truth denies all... | |
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