O'er England's Abbeys bends the sky As on its friends with kindred eye ; For, out of Thought's interior sphere These wonders rose to upper air, And Nature gladly gave them place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and... Works - Page 505by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
| 740 pages
...obey, but 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...place. Adopted them into her race, And granted them an eqnal date With Andes and with Ararat, The hand that ronnded Peter's dome, And groined the isles of... | |
| 1868 - 738 pages
...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...Adopted them into her race. And granted them an equal dale With Andes and with Ararat, The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the isles of Christian... | |
| Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pages
...how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell ; Or how the sacred pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew...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... | |
| 1864 - 752 pages
...feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell V Or how the sacred pine-tree adds 'To her old leaves...them into her race, . - And granted them an equal data With Andes and with Ararat." ^Ve do not believe, however, in attempting to reproduce iu oar democratic... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...Painting with morn each annual cell ; Or how the sacred pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads I Such and so grew these holy piles Whilst love and...date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew aa grows the grass, Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast Soul... | |
| 1845 - 452 pages
...how the fish out-built her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell; Or how the sacred pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Our next specimen is from " The Sphinx." 9* " The babe, by its mother Lies bathed in joy, Glide its... | |
| 1845 - 460 pages
...Painting with morn each annual cell ; Or how the sacred pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads 1 Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Our next specimen is from " The Sphinx." " The babe, by its mother Lies bathed in joy, Glide its hours... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...feathers from her breast? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...feathers from her breast; Or how the fish outbuilt its shell, Painting with morn each annual cell; Or how the sacred pinetree adds To her old leaves...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. •v These temples grew as grows the grass, Art might obey but not surpass. The passive Master lent... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 pages
...the works of God, and to which these seem to nod in responsive sympathy. For, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Such a work is that of " Paradise Lost," where earth and heaven appear contending for the mastery —... | |
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