Merlin's mighty line Extremes of nature reconciled, Bereaved a tyrant of his will, And made the lion mild. Songs can the tempest still, Scattered on the stormy air, Mould the year to fair increase. And bring in poetic peace. He shall not seek to weave,... Emerson as a Poet - Page 26by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...tempest still, Scattered on the stormy air, Mould the year to fair increase, And bring in poetic peace. He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the muse exceeds that journey's length. Nor profane affect to hit Or compass that, by meddling wit, Which only the propitious mind Publishes... | |
| 1879 - 1036 pages
...conform to his genius. As he predicts of the true bard, in " Merlin," so he has done before and since : " He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the Muse exceeds that journey's length. Nor, profane, affect to hit Or compass that, by meddling wit, Which only the propitious mind Publishes... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...tempest still, Scattered on the stormy air, Mould the year to fair increase, And bring in poetic peace. He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the muse exceeds that journey's length. Nor profane affect to hit Or compass that, by meddling wit, Which only the propitious mind Publishes... | |
| Amos Bronson Alcott - 1882 - 162 pages
...an angel on me smiled. Permit me, then, thus honored, still to be A scholar in thy university. VI. " He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the Muse exceeds that journey's length" VII. HlEROPHANT, and lyrist of the soul ! Clear insight thine of universal mind; While from its crypts... | |
| Joel Benton - 1883 - 148 pages
..."In to the upper doors, Nor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise By the stair-way of surprise." He shall not seek to weave, In weak,...were mounting to his purpose "by the stair-way of surprise"—or, as if Hafiz or Firdousi himself were speaking. It is said that Persian poetry—and,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...tempest still, Scattered on the stormy air, Mould the year to fair increase, And bring in poetic peace. He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the muse exceeds that journey's length. Nor profane affect to hit Or compass that, by meddling wit, Which only the propitious mind Publishes... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...tempest still, Scattered on the stormy air, Mould the year to fair increase, And bring in poetic peace. He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the muse exceeds that journey's length. Nor profane affect to hit Or compass that, by meddling wit, Which only the propitious mind Publishes... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...tempest still, Scattered on the stormy air, Mould the year to fair increase, And bring in poetic peace. He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the muse exceeds that journey's length. Nor profane affect to hit Or compass that, by meddling wit, Which only the propitious mind Publishes... | |
| Concord School of Philosophy - 1883 - 176 pages
...of divine philosophy. He followed closely his own law for the perfect bard laid down in " Merlin " : He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...orbit of the Muse exceeds that journey's length." INDIVIDUALISM. BY MR. ALCOTT. INDIVIDUALITY is a separation from -*- a oneness with God — a becoming... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...tempest still, Scattered on the stormy air, Mould the year to fair increase, And bring in poetic peace. He shall not seek to weave, In weak, unhappy times,...soaring orbit of the muse exceeds that journey's length. Nor profane affect to hit Or compass that, by meddling wit, Which only the propitious mind Publishes... | |
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