The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Early and recent conditions - Page 156by Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast? Or how the fish... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1848 - 44 pages
...with religious awe. " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew." So that we repeat to-day, in these our edifices, the ideas of those Mediaeval Christians ; and until... | |
| 1848 - 602 pages
...the works of God, and to which these seem to nod in responsive sympathy. For, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem...zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids To gaze npon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends with kindred eye ; For out... | |
| 1887 - 698 pages
...Turn not aside, but make the greater haste To join and straighten them. CE ardour needs. One certainty Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free. He builded better than be knew; The conscious stone to beaut; grew. А нон. HECOED9 OP CELTIC OCCUPATION IN LOCAL NAMES.... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 pages
...the works of God, and to which tltese seem to nod in responsive sympathy. Eor, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem...opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends with kindred eye ; For out of thought's interior... | |
| 1849 - 448 pages
...canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...than he knew; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. " The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 pages
...the works of God, and to which these seem to nod in responsive sympathy. For, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem...opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends with kindred eye ; For out of thought's interior... | |
| 1852 - 572 pages
...an unknown author ? " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o'er him planned." The poet who gave us these... | |
| George Bancroft - 1852 - 484 pages
...government and human rights ; ignorant of the beauty of the edifice which he was rearing. He wrought in sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew. The book of Otis was reprinted in England. Lord Mansfield, who had read it, rebuked those who spoke of... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opea with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's Abbeys bonds. the sky As on iU friends... | |
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