 The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.  Emerson as a Poet - Page 34by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ; Or how the fish... | |
 | 1875 - 402 pages
...canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew. . . . The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1875 - 538 pages
...canticles of love and woe. The band that rounded I'etcr's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome* Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew." There is a truth in this — a profound truth. The Bible is not an exceptional book iu this, that it... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...than he knew, — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...the Bible old. Jbid. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. fb:d. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. ft:.!. Good-bye, proud world... | |
 | Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc - 1875 - 622 pages
...master-workman had his day. He developed his primitive forms directly and honestly from practical necessity; " He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." His successors, unembarrassed by knowledge of other styles, avoided his obvious errors, profited by... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...canticles of love and woe; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st tliou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ; Or how the fish... | |
 | Manfred - 1876 - 204 pages
...the mystic Cause, (') " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Home, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew." [Emerson's " 1'rollem." CANTO II. TO ask why thou went rear'd — why men have made A God unto themselves,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast !Or how the fish... | |
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