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" These 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 power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. "
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 349
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903
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The Unitarian, Volume 10

Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1895 - 604 pages
...his own poem; and, were they volumes, they would not form a truer or more comprehensive biography. "The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned." The boy for whom the poem "Threnody" is Emerson's beautiful and pathetic lament lies buried close beside....
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Lessons in Vocal Expression: Processes of Thinking in the Modulation of the ...

Samuel Silas Curry - 1895 - 316 pages
...conscious stone to beauty grew. . . These 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. Sincrlon, XXXII, MOVEMENT. T) AITSE as a method of emphasis is important because it is a -*• modulation...
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Thoughts and Aspirations of the Ages: Selections in Prose and Verse from the ...

William Chatterton Coupland - 1895 - 746 pages
...NVith Andes and with Ararat. These 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 power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery Pentecost...
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English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 3

1896 - 532 pages
...With Andes and with Ararat. These 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 power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery Pentecost...
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The Treasury of American Sacred Song: With Notes Explanatory and Biographical

William Garrett Horder - 1896 - 408 pages
...conscious stone to beauty grew. These 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 power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery Pentecost...
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Topical Notes on American Authors

Lucy Tappan - 1896 - 350 pages
...marked by a boulder of rose quartz. Tablet inserted, in 1894, bearing this couplet (from Emerson), — " The passive master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned." • Character. Retiring, simple, serene, hospitable, philanthropic ; a ready listener ; "intuitive...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 13

Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 pages
...With Andes and with Ararat. These 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 power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery Pentecost...
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Poems and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 pages
...thought, imaginative insight, and power of expression than any since the time of Milton." Page 66. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned. " He knows that he did not make his thought, — no, his thought made him, and made the sun and stars....
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Famous Authors and the Best Literature of England and America ...: Together ...

William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pages
...With Andes and with Ararat. These 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 plann'd, And the same power that rear'd the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the...
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Historic Pilgrimages in New England: Among Landmarks of Pilgrim and Puritan ...

Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - 514 pages
...marked by a great bowlder of pink quartz, inscribed with these lines from his poem The Problem : — " The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned." Close by are the graves of other members of the family, — Emerson's mother, his " Aunt Mary," his...
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