 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 342 pages
...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; When me they fly, I am the wings ; I am the doubter and the douht, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings. The strong gods pine for my abode, And pine in vain the sacred... | |
 | 1888 - 190 pages
...revelation, or to imagine that there is here a method of escape from the disabilities of natural reason. " They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings," the natural Eeason sings rebukingly to all who think they can climb up some other way than hers into... | |
 | 1890 - 1460 pages
...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 me they fly,...and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings." It is quite unfair to judge any of these verses as expressions of strict doctrine. The plain meaning... | |
 | William Torrey Harris - 1890 - 450 pages
...underlies all particular individuals. Emerson's Brahma is the pure essence that is one in all beings. " They reckon ill who leave me out ; When me they fly...and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings." All differences are superficial and illusory. " If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or he the slain... | |
 | Canadian Institute - 1884 - 486 pages
...universe had great attractions. His poems abound in passages like the following in that entitled Brahma. They reckon ill, who leave me out ; When me they fly,...and the doubt : And I the hymn the Brahmin sings. Or like this in the Song of Nature, in which in answer to the question : But he, the man-child glorious,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 298 pages
...stuff; the plowman, the plow, and the furrow are of one stuff." And this is the thought in Brahma : " They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly...and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings." It is not easy to fancy a writer who holds this altitude toward "persons" descending to the composition... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1891 - 322 pages
...echoing the philosophy of ancient India, he comes almost within sight of a consistent Pantheism : — " They reckon ill who leave me out ; When me they fly, I am the wings ; / am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings." After the prose, certainly, Emersoniuns... | |
 | John M. Robertson - 1891 - 275 pages
...consistent Pantheism : — " They reckon ill who leave me out ; When me they fly, I am the wings ; / am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings." After the prose, certainly, Emersonians may with much plausibility deny that Emerson was a Pantheist.... | |
 | Josiah Royce - 1892 - 546 pages
...is, it already implies a larger truth. The great spirit says to us, like Emerson's " Brahma," — " They reckon ill who leave me out ; When me they fly,...am the wings ; I am the doubter and the doubt." And this, namely, the inevitableness and the true spirituality of genuine doubting, is the great lesson... | |
 | 1892 - 412 pages
...Sunlight and Shadow 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 me they fly,...am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And 1 the Hymn the Brahmin sings. The strong gods twine for my abode, And pine in vain the sacred Seven,... | |
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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... 
