These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. The Teachers of Emerson - Page 192by John Smith Harrison - 1910 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
| 740 pages
...aptly would Emerson's exquisite lines develop* our meaning: " These temples grew as grows the grasi Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive master...his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned. And out of thought's interior sphere. These wonders rose to upper air; And Nature gladly gave them place.... | |
| 1868 - 738 pages
...exquisite lines derelope our meaning: " These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, bat not surpass. The passive master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned. And out of thought's interior sphere, These wonders rose to upper air ; And Nature gladly gave them place,... | |
| Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pages
...them place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the grass, Art might obey...the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery Pentecost Girds with one flame the countless host, Trances the heart through chanting... | |
| Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1847 - 444 pages
...Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids. These temples grew as grows the grass, Art might obey,...his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned." The poem " The Sphinx," too, for original statement of a hackneyed theme, and for the subtile art of... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew aa grows the grass, Art might obey, but not surpass....Master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o'er him plann'd, And the same power that rear'd the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 564 pages
...Temples grew as grams the gran. Art might obey, but not surpass. The pastille Master lent hit hand To tie vast Soul that o'er him planned, And the same power...the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery pentecost Girds with one flame the countless host, Trances the heart through chanting... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 pages
...And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. " These Temples grew as grows the grats. Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the voM Soul that o'er him planned, And the same power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...them place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might...the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery Pentecost Girds with one flame the countless host, Trances the heart through chanting... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. •v These temples grew as grows the grass, Art might obey...the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Even the fiery Pentecost Girds with one flame the Countless host, Trances the heart through chanting... | |
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