 O'er England's Abbeys bends the sky As on its friends with kindred eye ; For, out of Thought's interior sphere These wonders rose to upper air, And Nature gladly gave them place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and...  Works - Page 505by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Starr King - 1864 - 422 pages
...haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends a kindred eye; For out of Thought's interior sphere,...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. We have seen a common rye-field of some fifty acres on the slope of Mount Moriah, in the Androscoggin... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 pages
...opes with haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky, As on ita friends, with kindred eye; For, out of Thought's interior...Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the gross ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1866 - 840 pages
...the sky, As on its friends with kindred eye; For out of Thought's interior sphere, Tbeee wonders roe* to upper air; And Nature gladly gave them place. Adopted...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Whether or not we admit this religions inspiration, mixed with some earthly alloy, we cannot fail to... | |
 | 1868 - 450 pages
...• O.er England's abbeys bonds the sky, As on ita friends, with kindred eye ; For, out of thought.s interior sphere, These wonders rose to upper air ;...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." This day will not return to us. The inspiration of man never repeats itself. Yesterday it was Egypt,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky, As on its friends, with kindred eye ; For,'out of Thought's interior sphere, These wonders rose to...temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids, To gaza upon tho gather' d for the tomb — There's nothing bright...Heaven ! Thoma» Moore, »53. DECISION, Painful. but not surpass ; Ths passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned. Л W. Emerson.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 pages
...wears (he Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste, her lids To gn?.e upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's Abbeys bends the...Master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o'er him plann'd, *nd the same power that rcar'd the shrine, Bestrode the trilies that knelt within. Ever the... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - 200 pages
...feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves...temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror laid the tiles. Karth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her...temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o'er him planned, And the same... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 pages
...bends the sky, As on its friends, with kindred eye : For out of thought's interior sphere These worders rose to upper air ; And nature gladly gave them place,...temples grew as grows the grass, — Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the... | |
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