 In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the Gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Make the house, where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire and clean.  The Chautauquan - Page 89edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1883 - 404 pages
...put this story, or the idea of it, into one of his poems, called 'The Builders.' " In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods ' are everywhere.' " It would be well for us always to bear in mind that our God sees, whatever be... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1841 - 522 pages
...these ; Leave no yawning gaps between, Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen, Make the home where God shall dwell Beautiful, entire and clean. THE YOUNG IDEA HARPOONING. An exchange paper... | |
 | 1904 - 668 pages
...OLD TIMES. — In Longfellow's poem of ' The Builders ' we find this stanza : — In the elder days of Art Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere. That this is something more than mere poetical hyperbole seems to be shown by a passage in Mozley's... | |
 | 1850 - 144 pages
...yawning gaps between ; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute...where gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, — Broken stairways, where the feet... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...yawning gaps between ; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute...do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, Broken stairways, where the feet... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...elder days of art, Builders wrought with greatest caro Bach minute and unseen part, For the gods are everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen...where gods may dwell Beautiful, entire, and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of time ; Broken stair-ways, where the feet... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...yawning gaps between ; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see every where. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Make the house, where gods... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 pages
...Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and each unseen part — For the gods see every where. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the...where gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, Broken stair-ways where the feet Stumble,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...yawning gaps between ; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute...the Gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Make the house where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and eleaii. Else our lives are incomplete,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...yawning gaps between ; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute...where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, Broken stairways, where the feet Stumble... | |
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