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 - 1883 - 338 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...pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 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...pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out;... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 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...pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out;... | |
| Concord School of Philosophy - 1883 - 176 pages
...substance of things, I must help myself with a verse of Mr. Emerson's : 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. Music — what shall we say of its dissolving series? How may we describe the heroic moods into which... | |
| Concord School of Philosophy - 1883 - 176 pages
...substance of tilings, I must liclp myself with a verse of Mr. Emerson's : 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 turu again. Music — what shall we say of its dissolving series? How may we describe the heroic moods... | |
| Concord School of Philosophy - 1883 - 176 pages
...substance of tilings, I must help myself with a verse of Mr. Emerson's : If the red slayer think ho slays, Or If the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways 1 keep, and pass, and turn again. Music — what shall we say of its dissolving series? How may we... | |
| George Lunt - 1883 - 308 pages
...is clear, Find me the Mab-struck thing I am. * * BRAHMA— BY EWE IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the suhtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near, Shadow and sunshine are... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 344 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...to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same; J The vanished gods to me appear ; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out;... | |
| George Lunt - 1884 - 306 pages
...Mab-struck thing I am. * •BRAHMA— BY RWE IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain thiuk he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I...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... | |
| Concord School of Philosophy - 1884 - 488 pages
...illustrate each stanza by parallel passages from the Indian episode. "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." Brahma is pure Being, the same in all things that exist, the same under all changes. In the second... | |
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