Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I... American Literature - Page 215by Katharine Lee Bates - 1897 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1837 - 424 pages
...not only unexplained but inexplicable, as language, sleep, dreams, beasts, sex." — p. 7. " Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, — and uplifted into infinite space, — all egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball." — p. 13. " Whilst we use this grand cipher to... | |
| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...me in life — no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground — my head bathed by the blithe...egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am no thing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...befal me in life,—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes) which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air,...the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental. To be brothers,... | |
| 1848 - 596 pages
...me my eyes), which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blythe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism...the universal Being circulate through me. I am part or particle of God." — P. 196. " The doctrine of the Divine nature being forgotten, a sickness infects... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball....all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts; that is, the poet. This is the best part of these... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe...the Universal Being circulate through me* I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental : to be brothers,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 100 pages
...me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe...the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental : to be brothers,... | |
| 1849 - 448 pages
...me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe...the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental. To be brothers,... | |
| Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 640 pages
...seen with the shore or the ship." Man is at once the worshipper and the object of worship. "Standing on the bare" ground, my head bathed by the blithe...uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. — The \ currents of the Universal Being circulate through me. I am part or particle of God." Prayer,... | |
| Day Kellogg Lee - 1854 - 368 pages
...passage on the landscape. Miss Mumby thought it silly enough, in a printed book, to say, — " Standing on the bare ground — my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space — I become a transparent eyeball." Celia Downs declared there was a fine suggestion in the language.... | |
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