 If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are...  Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 470by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 pages
...Sphinx were guessed. OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES BRAHMA. TF the red slayer think he slays, -*• Or if the slain think • he • is slain, They know...me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out ; When... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 pages
...Sphinx were guessed. OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES BRAHMA. TF the red slayer think he slaya, -*- Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Par or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth, Robert Mackenzie - 1881 - 504 pages
...If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or if the slain think he be slain, They know not well the subtile ways I keep and pass and turn again. Far or forgot...me is near, Shadow and sunlight are the same, The vanished gods to me appear, And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out, When... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...in many minds stands as the representative of Emerson's verse : " If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the winding ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. "Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 528 pages
...entitled Brahma, : — " If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is plain, They know well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again....vanquished gods to me appear, And one to me are shame and fume. " They reckon ill who leave me out ; When me they fly I am the wings ; I am the doubter and the... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...it holds more deep, more high." RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Brahma. IF the red slayer think he slays, . . Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...turn again. Far or forgot to me is near, Shadow and sunshine are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear, And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 604 pages
...often more cunning than the Sphinx; and, like Emerfion's Brahma, she may declare to her students — ' They know not well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again.' We have looked into her face a little, measured some of her ellipses and angles, weighed her gases... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...Sphinx were guessed. OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES BEAHMA. • IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out ; When... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 pages
...cheer her sons, As if one riddle of the Sphinx were guessed. BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out ; When... | |
 | George Lunt - 1883 - 306 pages
...is clear, Find me the Mab-struck thing I am. * •BRAHMA— BY BWE IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well...turn again. Far or forgot to me is near, Shadow and sunshine are the same, The vanished gods to me appear And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon... | |
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