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" Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard. He shall not his brain encumber With the coil of rhythm and number ; But, leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. ' Pass in, pass in,' the angels say, ' Jn to the upper... "
Emerson, Poet and Thinker - Page 211
by Elisabeth Luther Cary - 1904 - 284 pages
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 4

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...With the cannonade of wars; With the marches of the brave; And prayers of might from martyrs' cave. Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard....leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall aye climb 1'or his rhyme. ' Pass in, pass in,' the angels say, ' In to the upper doors, Nor count compartments...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 2d series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 380 pages
...strength of the thought would be lost in too much attention to melodious expression. His " Merlin " says of the bard: — He shall not his brain encumber With...pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. With severe condensation, in the twenty-six short lines, none too melodious, of the motto, we have...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 382 pages
...strength of the thought would be lost in too much attention to melodious expression. His " Merlin " says of the bard: — He shall not his brain encumber With...pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. With severe condensation, in the twenty-six short lines, none too melodious, of the motto, we have...
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Essays: The poet. Experience. Character. Manners. Gifts. Nature. Politics ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 386 pages
...strength of the thought would be lost in too much attention to melodious expression. His " Merlin" says of the bard: — He shall not his brain encumber With...pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. With severe condensation, in the twenty-six short lines, none too melodious, of the motto, we have...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings, and Philosophy

George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 416 pages
...poetry, caring more for the thought than the meter. This he justifies in Merlin, where he says, — " Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard....pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme, And mount to paradise By the stairway of surprise." As the first condition of poetic power, the poet...
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Development of English Literature and Language

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...spontaneity, the remoteness or weight of the spiritual element. Judge them by the artist's conception of his art: 'Great be the manners of the bard. He shall not his brain encumber With the coil of rhjthm and number; But, leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. Nor count...
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Poems, Volume 9

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...With the cannonade of wars ; With the marches of the brave ; And prayers of might from martyrs' cave. Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard....For his rhyme. Pass in, pass in,' the angels say, Tn to the upper doors, Nor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise By the stairway...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...spontaneity, the remoteness or weight of the spiritual element. Judge them by the artist's conception of his art: 'Great be the manners of the bard. He shall not...For his rhyme. "Pass in, pass in," the angels say, Into the upper doors, Nor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise By the stairway of...
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Emerson as a Poet

Joel Benton - 1883 - 150 pages
...thunder, which conveys Secrets of the solar track, Sparks of the supersolar blaze. Great is the art, He shall not his brain encumber With the coil of rhythm...; But, leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall ay climb For his rhyme. " Pass in, pass in," the angels say, " In to the upper doors, Nor count compartments...
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Emerson as a Poet

Joel Benton - 1883 - 148 pages
...thunder, which conveys Secrets of the solar track, Sparks of the supersolar blaze. Great, is the art, He shall not his brain encumber With the coil of rhythm and number; Bat, leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall ay climb For his rhyme. "Pass in, pass in," the angels...
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