 If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not 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 one to me are...  Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet - Page 309by Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 327 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1872 - 806 pages
...by any thing we may do. Don't you remember the lines: — - " Far or forgot to me is near, Shadtnv and sunlight are the same ; ; The vanished gods to me appear, And one to me are shame and &me." THE ANCIENT. You are right, ZoTlus, in spite of your sarcasm. Besides, it is an evidence of a... | |
 | 1910 - 964 pages
...discriminate and husband her resources as we do. Far and forgot to me are near, Shadow and sunshine are the same; The vanished gods to me appear. And one to me are shame and fame. The animals are so wise in their own way, such a success, without thought, yet so provocative of thought... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways 1 2 ont ; When me they fly, I am the wings ; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin... | |
 | 1872 - 794 pages
...you remember the lines : — " Far or forpit to me is near, Shadow and sunlight are the same ; i . The vanished gods to me appear, And one to me are shame and fame." THE ANCIENT. You are right, Zoilus, in spite of your sarcasm. Besides, it is an evidence of a poet's... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1873 - 210 pages
...leave her out), and therefore quite unmoved by anything we may do. Don't you remember the lines ; — " Far or forgot to me is near, Shadow and sunlight are...gods to me appear, And one to me are shame and fame." THE ANCIENT. You are right, Zoi'lus, In spite of your sarcasm. Besides, it is an evidence of a poet's... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1874 - 328 pages
...from three hundred feet of hemlock skeletons filing past the front door, that pleasure I enjoy. * ' Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight...to me appear ; And one to me are shame and fame." And Hassan the Turk immediately added with dis* tinguishing emphasis, " The strong gods Pine for my... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot...same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And one to ine are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out ; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot...they fly, I am the wings ; I am the doubter and the dnubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings. The strong gods pine for my abode, And pine in vain the sacred... | |
 | 1877 - 1212 pages
...the Zeit-Geist. Of metaphysic, then, may one not say, as Emerson says in another connection ? — " They reckon ill who leave me out, When me they fly I am the wings ; I am tliu doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings." * Dickens' Dombey and Son, ch. xxvii.... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 466 pages
...IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot...me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanish'd gods to me appear ; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out ; When... | |
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