...poetic expression in Emerson's Problem, And, in spite of its familiarity, we must quote from it : — " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove...burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe. . . . These temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent...

...Would I that cowled churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure ? Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove...from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bibles old ; The litanies of nations came, 15 Like the volcano's tongue of flame. Up from the burning...

...oracles that co-ordinate authority which Ralph Waldo Emerson ascribes to them in his "Problem": — " "Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old," but it subjects revelation absolutely to the supreme and unquestioned dictum of reason. Assuredly,...

...poetic expression in Emerson's Problem. And, in spite of its familiarity, we must quote from it : — " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove...burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe. . . . These temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent...

...not then, show forth Thy glory In our aftercomers more. Love eternal ! Fuller grace incessant pour. OUT from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of...burning core below, The canticles of love and woe. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; Still floats upon the morning wind,...

...Would I that cowled churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure ? roll'd The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame,...

...these burning protests against falsehood and pretension and the wrongs done humanity were written. They came — " Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below." If counterfeit, then the test of genuineness no more exists. The attempt to set Carlyle's books, the...

...disappointments ! "—Essays, pp. 239, 240, 241—242. He says the same thing in yet more rhythmic notes : " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove...volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — Tlie canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of...

...natural religion, though often perverted. " Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the bibles old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning cone below — The canticles of love and woe. * * * * " The word unto the prophets spoken Was writ...

...lightning ; they came from the toil and prayer and daily endeavour of that manliest and noblest man. " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought ; Out from the heart of nature roll'd The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like...