 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1901 - 414 pagina’s
...in the beauty and the glory of all we see and feel in our pleasant wanderings over hill and dale. " Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...greenly bright A richer pavement man hath never trod ; You cannot gaze upon a lovelier sight Than fleeting cloud, fresh wave, and fruitless sod, Leaves... | |
 | John Critchley Prince - 1841 - 260 pagina’s
...Beauty brings Dim visions of that undiscovered land, Where the unshackled soul shall boundlessly expand. Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...home, Lovely by day, and wonderful by night! Than this enameled floor, so greenly bright, A richer pavement man hath never trod; He cannot gaze upon a holier... | |
 | John Critchley Prince - 1842 - 300 pagina’s
...— The ETERNAL'S vast, immeasurable home, Lovely by day, and wonderful by night ! Than this enameled floor, so greenly bright, A richer pavement man hath...Leaves of that boundless Book writ by the hand of God ! Here let me rest, within this quiet scene — This sylvan, shady, and secluded dell ; Where herb... | |
 | 1866 - 490 pagina’s
...fallen, the year is closed, and we end our notes. Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than the cerulean canopy of light — The ETERNAL'S vast, immeasurable...home, Lovely by day, and wonderful by night ! Than the enamelled earth, so greenly bright. A richer pavement man hath never trod. He cannot gaze upon... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1880 - 482 pagina’s
...and bee, from wind and wave it pours. My incense is the breath of herbs, leaves, fruits, and flowers. Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...Leaves of that boundless Book writ by the hand of God ! I journey homeward; for the taper's light Gleams from the scattered dwellings of the poor, Down the... | |
 | John Milton - 1902 - 398 pagina’s
...he begged his bread from door to door. I give one stanza from this lover of Nature and its Creator: Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...sod — Leaves of that boundless Book writ by the hands of God. W CHAPTER IV THE STRANGE ECSTASY OF JOSEPH HILE he was thus speaking, a great fear and... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Gott - 1902 - 396 pagina’s
...he begged his bread from door to door. I give one stanza from this lover of Nature and its Creator: Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...sod — Leaves of that boundless Book writ by the hands of God. (Hours with ike Afusei. 1847, p. 8.). w CHAPTER IV THE STRANGE ECSTASY OF JOSEPH HILE... | |
 | 1904 - 384 pagina’s
...Beauty brings Dim visions of that undiscovered land, Where the unshackled soul shall boundlessly expand Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...pavement man hath never trod ; He cannot gaze upon a lovelier sight, Than fleeting cloud, fresh wave, and fruitful sod — Leaves of that boundless Book,... | |
 | 1908 - 204 pagina’s
...bee, from wind and wave it powers ; My incense is the breath of herbs, leaves, fruits, and flowers. Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...cannot gaze upon a holier sight Than fleeting cloud, fiesh wave, and fruitful sod — Leaves of that Boundless Book, writ by the hand of God! And the same... | |
 | 1881 - 414 pagina’s
...brighter clime and happier hunting-grounds), the words of a poet were brought to my recollection : — " Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this...Leaves of that boundless book writ by the hand of God !" My first journey to Scotland was in June, 1864, in company with my sons Benjamin and Charles. We... | |
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Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this cerulean canopy of light — The ETERNAL'S vast, immeasurable home, Lovely by day, and wonderful by night ! Than this enamelled floor, so greenly bright, A richer pavement man hath never trod ; He cannot... 