...canticles of love nnd woe. The hand that rounded Pcter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Borne, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free; He bnilded bctter than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew." There is a truth in this — a profound...

...up in thanksgiving, is the child of enthusiasm and rapture. "Know.st thou what wove yon wood-bird.i nest Of leaves and feathers from her breast ? Or how...the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting , with morn, eaoh annual coll ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such, and so grew...

...Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below — The canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror...

...— " ' The hand that rounded Peter's domo, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought with a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free,...than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew."' After this, Mr. Raymond seldom appeared in public. Resisting every allurement again to turn aside from...

...— " ' The hand that rounded Peter's domo, And groined tho aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought with a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free, He builded better than he knew; Thu conscious stono to beanty grew.'" After this, Mr. Baymond seldom appeared in public. Resisting...

...myself), I will ciose therewith. I mean that beantiful passage in Emerson where he says : — " ' The band that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought with a sad sincerity. Himself from God ho could not free, He builded better than he knew; The conseious...

...in some of the bewildering recent architecture. How rarely can we say of the architect and hii work, He builded better than he knew: The conscious stone to beauty grew. The artist and the builder are too seldom one. The poet just quoted, when on a trip to New Hampshire,...

...wondered if Emerson referred to any particular bird in these lines from " The Problem : " " Know'st tliou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? " Chickadee. Golden-crowned Thrush. Probably not, but simply availed himself of the general belief...

...many times has the hyperbole of the poet had much truth in it where he says of the builder: — " ' He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.' " This was true of the early Christians in reference to their religious faith and efforts. A favorite...

...than human Will. For man cannot free himself from God. The spell of divinity is on him. " The Land that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles...better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grow 1" And so, through these Symbols glimmer hints of deeper meanings — sacred suspicions of divinity...