 Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard. He shall not his brain encumber With the coil of rhythm and number ; But, leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. ' Pass in, pass in,' the angels say, ' Jn to the upper...  Emerson, Poet and Thinker - Page 211by Elisabeth Luther Cary - 1904 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918 - 558 pages
...With the cannonade of wars ; With the marches of the brave ; And prayers of might from martyrs' cave. Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard. (He shall not his brain encumber 1With the coil of rhythm and number; But, leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall aye climb For... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1925 - 448 pages
...With the cannonade of wars; With the marches of the brave ; And prayers of might from martyr's cave. Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard....For his rhyme. "Pass in, pass in," the angels say, "Into the upper doors, Nor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise By the stairway... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...With the cannonade of wars; With the marches of the brave; 25 And prayers of might from martyrs' cave. Great is the art, Great be the manners, of the bard....brain encumber With the coil of rhythm and number ; зо But, leaving rule and pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. "Pass in, pass in,"... | |
 | 1882 - 1040 pages
...tree.' " In Merlin the poet gives us his theory of poetic expression. It is often quoted : " Great is art, Great be the manners of the bard. He shall not...For his rhyme. ' Pass in, pass in,' the angels say, Into the upper doors, Nor count compartments of the floors But mount to paradise By the stairway of... | |
 | 1882 - 1014 pages
...Merlin the poet gives us his theory of poetic expression. It is often quoted : "Great is art, Great V>e the manners of the bard. He shall not his brain encumber...For his rhyme. ' Pass in, pass in,' the angels say, Into the upper doors, Nor count compartments of the floors But mount (o paradise liv the stairway of... | |
 | 1882 - 1040 pages
...theory of poetic expression. It is often quoted : " Great is art, Great be the manners of the hard. He shall not his brain encumber . With the coil of...pale forethought He shall aye climb For his rhyme. ' Pa?s in, pass in,' the angels say, Into the upper doors, Nor count compartments of the floors But... | |
 | 1902 - 874 pages
...so much emphasis, thus repressing individuality and spontaneity. Emerson says, speaking of the poet: Great is the art, Great be the manners of the bard. He shall not his brain encumber With the coil of rhyth and number, But leaving rule and pale forethought He shall aye climb For his rhyme. rule ; but... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2003 - 596 pages
...however, seems to have used it — in "Merlin I" (1847) for example — without allusion or overtone: "He shall not his brain encumber / With the coil of rhythm and number" ( W, IX, 121). 14 ALL GREAT MEN COME OUT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES. This is a variation on something Goethe... | |
 | Judy Jo Small - 1990 - 284 pages
...chords rudely and hard, As with hammer or with mace; That they may render back Artful thunder, . . . He shall not his brain encumber With the coil of rhythm...pale forethought, He shall aye climb For his rhyme. (120-21) Emerson's verse is correspondingly jagged, not infrequently reckless of rhythm and rhyme,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...woe, which torture us, Thy sleep makes ridiculous. (1. 61-63) AA; AnAmPo; FaPON; FM; GN; NOBA; OxBA 33 d not end: Then lies him down the lubber fend. And...the first cock his matin rings. (1. 105-1 14) 24 (1. 27—34) 34 But mount to paradise By the stairway of surprise." (1. 37—38) AA; AmPP; NAAL-2;... | |
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