We are idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in today to rival or recreate that beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where... Complete Works - Page 121by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty suith, ' Up and onward forevermore ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the new... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vaiii. The voice of the Almighty saith, ' Up and onward forevermore !' We cannot stay amid the ruins.... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 pages
...hpautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruin» of the old tent, where once we had hrcad and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty faith, '• Up and onward for evermore !'' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty sailli, ' Up and onward forevermore ! ' We cannot stay amid tlie ruins. Neither will we rely on the... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We cannot again w find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 356 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...again. We cannot again find aught so dear, so sweet, so gracefid. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, ' Up and onward for evermore... | |
| Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 350 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...: " Up and onward for evermore ! " We cannot stay amfd the ruins. Neither will we rely on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those... | |
| George Haven Putnam - 1885 - 424 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...the Almighty saith : " Up and onward for evermore 1 " We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted... | |
| William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We cannot again 190 find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty... | |
| William Swinton - 1887 - 686 pages
...shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We cannot again w find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we...reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. *H 23. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long... | |
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