Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home,... Essays - Page 259by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1896 - 858 pages
...God's will." 2. " Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking ; Tie heaven alone that is given away." 3. "Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons n .11." 4. "God gave thy soul brave wings, put not the^e feathers Into a bed, to sleep out all ill... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Ita irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Itg irised ceiling runt, its sunless crypt unsealed 1 Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, lie left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies reveal'd, — Its iris'd ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unseal'd! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretch'd in his lost-found home, and knew the oli no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought... | |
| 1861 - 460 pages
...after year behold the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left his past year's dwelling for the new; Stole, with soft...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Canada when they lay at the bottom of the palaeozoic seas, it would have encountered multitudes of... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...growing shell, Before thee lies reveal'd, — Its iris'd ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unseal'd ! Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretch'd in his last-found home, and knew the <>'.! no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...thee lics reveal'd, — Its iris'd ceiling rent, its sunless erypt unseal 'd ! Year after year bcheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still,...Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Bnilt up its idle door, Stretch'd in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the... | |
| 1862 - 364 pages
...keep us from falling, we will ascribe power and dominion, now and for evermore. Amen. XI. ASPIRATION. Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pages
...horn ! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings : — Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low- vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with... | |
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