 | Augustus Maverick - 1870 - 548 pagina’s
...— " ' The hand that rounded Peter's domo, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought with a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free,...than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew."' After this, Mr. Raymond seldom appeared in public. Resisting every allurement again to turn aside from... | |
 | William Swinton - 1872 - 310 pagina’s
...than human Will. For man cannot free himself from God. The spell of divinity is on him. " The Land that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles...better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grow 1" And so, through these Symbols glimmer hints of deeper meanings — sacred suspicions of divinity... | |
 | Anna Harriette Leonowens - 1873 - 360 pagina’s
...not exaggerate in calling them sublime; they prove unmistakably that the architect, whoever he was, ""Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he...than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew." This impression was deepened every time I visited them, and, though I knew every inch of the temples... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - 200 pagina’s
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, —...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 outbuilt her shell, Painting... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pagina’s
...Phidias brought. The Problem. Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. ibid. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Ibid. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. ibid. Good-bye, proud world... | |
 | 1874 - 712 pagina’s
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came. Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, The...canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peler's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Home, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pagina’s
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, —...breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pagina’s
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came. Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, —...breast ; Or how the fish outbuilt her shell. Painting with morn each annual cell ; Or how the sacred pine-tree adds KALPH WALDO EMERSON. 201 To her old leaves... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pagina’s
...The litanies of nations came. Like the volcano's tongue of flame, !Tp from the burning con'. Mow, — The canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded...breast ; Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell; Or how the sacred pine-tree adds 200 RALPH WALDO EMERSON. To her old leaves... | |
 | 1875 - 402 pagina’s
...heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, The...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew. . . . The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power... | |
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Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, 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 aisles... 
