As Heaven and Earth are fairer, fairer far Than Chaos and blank Darkness, though once chiefs; And as we show beyond that Heaven and Earth In form and shape compact and beautiful, In will, in action free, companionship, And thousand other signs of purer... Works - Page 114by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 286 pages
...these. It divines afar off their Doming. It says with the elder gods, — " As Heaven and Earth arc fairer far Than Chaos and blank Darkness, though once...old Darkness : for, 'tis the eternal law, That first hi beauty shall be first in might." Therefore, within the ethnical circle of good society there is... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 pages
...compact and beautiful, In will, in action free, companionship, And thousand other signs of purer life ; So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, A power...beauty, born of us And fated to excel us, as we pass Thereby more conquered than by us the rule Of shapeless Chaos. Say, doth the dull soil Quarrel with... | |
| 1885 - 686 pages
...compact and beautiful, In will, in action free, companionship, And thousand other signs of purer life; So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, A power...to excel us, as we pass In glory that old Darkness : nor are we Thereby more conquered than by us the rule Of shapeless Chaos. Say, doth the dull soil... | |
| John Keats - 1885 - 324 pages
...compact and beautiful, In will, in action free, companionship, And thousand other signs of purer life ; A power more strong in beauty, born of us And fated...to excel us, as we pass In glory that old Darkness : nor are we Thereby more conquered, than by us the rule Of shapeless Chaos. Say, doth the dull soil... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 802 pages
...fresh impulses. These are the creators of Fashion, which is an attempt to organize beauty of behavior. The beautiful and the generous are, in the theory,...might" Therefore, within the ethnical circle of good so» ciety there is a narrower and higher circle, concentration of its light, and flower of courtesy,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1888 - 698 pages
...compact and beautiful, In will, in action free, companionship, And thousand other signs of purer life ; So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, A power...born of us And fated to excel us, as we pass In glory tha* old Darkness : nor are we Thereby more conquered than by us the rule Of shapeless Chaos. Say,... | |
| 1889 - 552 pages
...compact and beautiful, In will, in action, free companionship, And thousand other signs of purer life ; So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, A power...to excel us, as we pass In glory that old Darkness ; nor are we Thereby more conquered, than by us the rule Of shapeless Chaos. Say, doth the dull soil... | |
| Edward John Trelawny - 1890 - 552 pages
...bosom to the distant, still shores of eternity ? ' ' CONCLUSION. So on our heels a fresh protection treads, A power more strong in beauty, born of us...to excel us, as we pass In glory that old darkness. KEiTS. I AM continuing this history of my life. The sequel will prove that I have not been a passive... | |
| John Keats - 1891 - 236 pages
...beautiful, " In will, in action free, companionship, 210 X " And thousand other signs of purer life ; " So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, " A power...excel us, as we pass " In glory that old Darkness : nor are we 215 " Thereby more conquer'd, than by us the rule " Of shapeless Chaos. Say, doth the... | |
| Anna Swanwick - 1892 - 412 pages
...Light Then thou first-born, and we the giant race, Found ourselves ruling new and beauteous realms. So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, A power...excel us, as we pass In glory that old darkness." Y Upon the forlorn Titans there breaks the splendour of Hyperion, — "the strong Sun-God invincible."... | |
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