 | 1861 - 924 pages
...Emerson seized the spirit of this passage in hi« rendering : — " If the red slayer think he slays, Or the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again ; " etc. This passage from our poem was adopted from the Katha Upanishad, wlirrj i lie English version... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 226 pages
...sons, As if one riddle of the Sphinx were guessed. OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. BRAHMA. TF the red slayer think he slays, •*• Or if the slain...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1867 - 130 pages
...by RW Emerson, entitled " Brahma," may serve as my text for this evening. " If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They...well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. RALPH WALDO E.MHKSOX BRAHMA. 6 7 T ~ " nguin. POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. 61 5 •a Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. "RALPH WALDO EUERSOX BRAHMA. e from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down...long generations. But a celestial brightness, a more POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. 615 Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...the Earth-song, I was no longer brave; My avarice cooled Like lust in the chill of the grave. BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Tar or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...the Earth-song, I was no longer brave; My avarice cooled Like lust in the chill of the grave. BEAHMA. IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. LINES BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain-...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. RALPH WALDO KMERSON. BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1877 - 276 pages
...good compost of them both, and her ends are prospered whichever succeed. " If the red shyer thinks he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again." What is the end of Nature ? Where is the end of a sphere ? The sphere balances at any and every point.... | |
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