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
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 pages
...nerveless reins, — so 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, 35 Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime : " Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed... | |
| William Cranston Lawton - 1898 - 298 pages
...cheerful resignation of Longfellow's " Morituri Salutamus " that we hear in Emerson's lines : "As a bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm...the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime." This last line Mr. Lowell once used most gracefully, applying it to himself as Mr. Emerson's disciple... | |
| James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1898 - 810 pages
...poem " Terminus. ' " It is time to be old. To take in sail ; I trim myself to the storm of time, 1 man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime." Nevertheless, in the following year he brought out " Mav- Day," a long poem, the freshest and most... | |
| Jenkin Lloyd Jones - 1899 - 336 pages
...messenger from on high. With Emerson we will still gird ourselves for life and not for death : — " As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.' " And with Browning, — "At noonday in the bustle of man's work-time Greet the unseen with a cheer... | |
| 1899 - 136 pages
...through men, through nature fleet, Through love and thought, through power and dream. FROM "TERMINUS." As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.' FROM "COMPENSATION." Hast not thy share ? On winged feet, Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1900 - 1004 pages
..."Growing Old," but ¡n the THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. masterful temper of Emerson's familiar trumpetcall: As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...unharmed ; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And everv wave is charmed." Benefits of Jury Duty to the Juror, A REFORM much needed in at least one large... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 966 pages
...nerveless reins, — Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb." nce Stedman Aud every wave is charmed." THRENODY THE south-wind brings Life, sunshine, and desire, And on every... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 pages
...nerveless irins,— Aiuid the- Muses, left tlifc 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 suit, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: " Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed;... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 pages
...nerveless reins, — Aniid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid tbe gladiators, halt and numb." " Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed;...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." THRENODY THE south-wind brings Life, sunshine, and desire, And on every mount and meadow Breathes aromatic... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1900 - 470 pages
...seldom accomplished ; I praise him none the less now that the shore for which he sailed is in view. The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed. By Alice DO Greenwood. Little brown mittens worn and old, Vain are your fleecy folds to-night, The... | |
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