 Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb.' As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly faithful, banish fear,...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 312by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1884 - 588 pages
...nerveless reins, — Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb." As the bird trims her to the gale I trim myself to the storm of time, 1 man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime : " Lowly faithful, banish fear,... | |
 | Abraham Firth - 1885 - 134 pages
...mourn then, for we go to Thee I " Between the leaves of the Hymn-book is Emerson's " Terminus : " — " As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise is near, And every wave is charmed." After the death of her grandchild she referred to a poem which she had copied on the fly-leaves of... | |
 | 1885 - 482 pages
...two ; Economize the failing river, Not the less revere the Giver, Leave the many and hold the few.1 As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.' " LAURA C. SHELDON, '87. MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE. Our thoughts always linger with tender,half-joyons,... | |
 | 1885 - 344 pages
...day's. 'j'liou canst not come too soon; and I can wait If Thou come late. SUSAN COOUOGE FROM "TERMINUS." AS the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." RALPH WALDO EMERSON. SONG FROM SINTRAM. r I •~O him, — whose near end stealing Through heart and... | |
 | James Mills - 1885 - 176 pages
...temptations. To live is Christ, but to die would be eternal gain." 142 CHAPTEE XV. WATCHING AND WAITING. " As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." EW EMERSON. ASI entered on the year 1843, it appeared to me that the time had come when I must mate... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 544 pages
...snow, And the untaught Spring is wise In cowslips and anemones." "It is time to be old, To take in sail, — Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly...the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.'" " He spoke, and words more soft than rain Brought the Age of Gold again; His action won such reverence... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 542 pages
...snow, And the untaught Spring is wise In cowslips and anemones." "It is time to be old, To take in sail, — Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime :...the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.'" " He spoke, and words more soft than rain Brought the Age of Gold again ; His action won such reverence... | |
 | 1886 - 220 pages
...smoke of vain desires, And all the unclouded blue of heaven is thine ! OW Holmes. FROM "TERMINUS." AS the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." "LIKE MOUNTAIN-RANGES OVERPAST." ENOUGH that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; —... | |
 | William Roscoe Thayer - 1886 - 34 pages
...Weimar. And Einerson from Concord responds serenely : " Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right cm ward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3 9015 00334 9175 ..V • • B ... | |
 | 1887 - 168 pages
...nerveless reins, — Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb." As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...eve obeyed at prime: " Lowly faithful, banish fear, Eight onward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed."... | |
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