 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.  Initial Studies in American Letters - Pagina 110door Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 282 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, v IVrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; tie builded better than he knew;... | |
 | 740 pagina’s
...an eqnal date With Andes and with Ararat, The hand that ronnded Peter's dome, And groined the isles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he conld not free ; He bnilded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." When we speak,... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pagina’s
...Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and wo. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast : Or how the fish... | |
 | 1864 - 752 pagina’s
...the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in sad sincerity; Himself from God ha could not free ; He buildi'd better than he knew ; — The conscious... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1855 - 568 pagina’s
...always, perhaps seldom, able to explain itself. There is a truth in these lines of Emerson : — " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." The true ontology is expressed in the first verse of Genesis : " In principio creavit Deus caslum et terram"... | |
 | 1845 - 458 pagina’s
...not the best, perhaps, that might be found ; but they are the only ones we have at hand. The first is from " The Problem." " The hand that rounded Peter's...sincerity. Himself from God he could not free ; He buildcd better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pagina’s
...The hand that rounded Peter's dome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not tree; He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast; Or bow the fish... | |
 | 1845 - 452 pagina’s
...not the best, perhaps, that might be found; but they are the only ones we have at hand. The first is from " The Problem." " The hand that rounded Peter's...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... | |
 | 1845 - 460 pagina’s
...not the best, perhaps, that might be found ; but they are the only ones we have at hand. The first is from " The Problem." " The hand that rounded Peter's...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... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 pagina’s
...Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...than he knew. The conscious stone to beauty grew. " Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's ne»t Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the... | |
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