Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding... The Poets and Poetry of America - Page 173by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 622 pagesFull view - About this book
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 pages
...broad sun. That delicate forest-flower, With scented breath, and look, «o like a smile, Seems, ns it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of...Life, A visible token — of the upholding Love, That nre. the soitt of this wide universe. My heori — is awed within me. when I ihii.k OTiin1 great miracle... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...Life. A visible token—of the upholding Love, That are, the soul of this wide universe. My henrt—is awed within me. when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me—the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed— Forever. Written on thy works. I... | |
| 1845 - 488 pages
...exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker." — Lessing. " My heart \a awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle...round me, — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity." • —... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless moldi An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token...upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe. 6. My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pages
...Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation...silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation...silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, fmish 'd, yet renew'd For ever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all... | |
| Samuel Bowne Parsons - 1847 - 302 pages
...Of the broad sun. That delicate forest Rose, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation...upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe. WHY WILL A ROSE-BUD BLOW? I wish the bud would never blow, 'Tis prettier and purer so ; It blushes... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pages
...Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation...upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe. In silence, round me—the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written... | |
| 1847 - 282 pages
...the great Pacific Ocean, have stems which exceed in length the tallest forest trees. My heart is aw'd within me when I think Of the great miracle that still...goes on In silence round me, the perpetual work Of His creation ; finish'd, yet renew'd For ever. How well has Mr. Harvey observed, in the introduction... | |
| 1847 - 312 pages
...Courage: — " Come one, come all! — this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Awe : — " My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on In silence round me." Sublimity : — " Hail ! holy Light ! offspring of Heaven firstborn." Disdain : — " None left but... | |
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