 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...Phidias brought. The Problem. Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. Jbid. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. fb:d. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. ft:.!. Good-bye, proud world... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1875 - 538 pages
...flame, Up from the burning: cone below, Thu canticles of love and woe. The band that rounded I'etcr's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome* Wrought...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew." There is a truth in this — a profound truth. The Bible is not an exceptional book iu this, that it... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 pages
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, —...Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, VOL. XIV. 6 Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, —...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 new myriads ? Such... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the voleano's tongue of flame, Up from the bnrning com below, — The canticles of love and woe. The hand...breast ; Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn ench anunal cell; O! how the sacred pine-tree adds 200 RALPH WALDO EMERSON. To her old leaves... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, —...; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st tliou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1876 - 528 pages
...Bible old. The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning cone below, The canticles of love and woe. The hand that...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew." There is a truth in this — a profound truth. The Bible is not ail exceptional book in this, that... | |
 | Elliott W. Preston - 1876 - 206 pages
...Converse with the Eternal ! Let us pause, St. Peter's ! at thy plinth, before the mystic Cause, (') " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew." [Emer son's " Problem." CANTO II. CANTO n. TO ask why thou wert rear'd — why men have made A God... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, —...Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Home, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew... | |
 | Manfred - 1876 - 204 pages
...the mystic Cause, (') " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Home, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew." [Emerson's " 1'rollem." CANTO II. TO ask why thou went rear'd — why men have made A God unto themselves,... | |
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Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, 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 aisles... 
