The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind : One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world... The Arena - Page 471904Full view - About this book
| 1891 - 750 pages
...most men falter or err, fulfills in its measure Emerson's pregnant paraphrase of Scripture : — " One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost." Eternal activity, eternal reason, eternal love, Goethe found revealed in the universe. Did he find... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...through the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken, Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak,...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the fathers wise, — The Book itself before me lies, Old Chrysostom,2 best Augustine,3... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...through the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken, Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak,...Still whispers to the willing mind. One accent of the Hoi}7 Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the fathers wise, — The Book itself... | |
| Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1885 - 1128 pages
...mythology. " The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken. The word by seers or seraphs told In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats...morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind." Our work to-day is to restore a neglected oracle; to manifest our sense of the pre-eminent importance... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 554 pages
...As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids." " One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost." " Or ever the wild Time coined itself Into calendar months and days." " Set not thy foot on graves."... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 544 pages
...As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids." " One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost." " Or ever the wild Time coined itself Into calendar months and days." " Set not thy foot on graves."... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1886 - 628 pages
...below, The canticles of love and woe. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls, told In groves of oak...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost." In all that Emerson says of Nature, he is equally devout. He sees God in it all. It is to him full... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1886 - 204 pages
...word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told, I n groves of oak, or fanes of gold, Still floats upon...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. RW EMERSON "THALATTA!" CRY OF THE TEN THOUSAND. T STAND upon the summit of my years. •*• Behind,... | |
| William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken 55 Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told In groves of oak...morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. 60 One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. I know what say the Fathers wise,... | |
| George Spring Merriam - 1887 - 216 pages
...169 THE PERSONAL REVELATION 193 THE word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. EMERSON. I. INTRODUCTION. THIS little book consists of two parts, which were written at an interval... | |
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