 Standing before Her father's door, He saw the form of his promised bride. The sun shone on her golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea air.  Poems - 316. oldalszerző: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1888 - 920 oldal
...the intellect alone is becoming apparent. The truth of the poet's statement is being realised — " It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain." It is found that the heart, the emotions, the imagination, and that knowledge of mother tongue possessed... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 oldal
...Unto souls that shiver ; Show them how dark sorrow's stream Blends with hope's bright river. * * * * It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain. » * * » Great love, through smallest channels, will find its surest way ; It waits not state occasions,... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1888 - 584 oldal
...AMERICA. If it be true that, as the people's poet affirms and as most Liberal Christians believe, " It is the heart, and not the brain, that to the highest doth attain," then it must also be true that Universalism holds a very high place, and embodies very high truth in... | |
 | Inverness Gaelic Society - 1888 - 398 oldal
...the intellect alone is becoming -apparent. The truth of the poet's statement is being realised — " It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain." It is found that the heart, the emotions, the imagination, and that knowledge of mother tongue possessed... | |
 | 1896 - 460 oldal
...floats on the surface Is as the tossing buo\r, that betrays where the anchor is hidden." — Idem. 21. " It is the heart and not the brain, that to the highest doth attain." — The Building of the Ship 22. "What seem to us— but sad, funereal tapers, may be heaven's distant... | |
 | John Marie Keating - 1889 - 1126 oldal
...love of little children, there are no limits to what may be done. Here, as in many other things,— " It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain." • It is idle to deny, however, that at times the greatest patience and tact seem alike thrown away,... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - 1889 - 386 oldal
...imminent." " Time the shuttle drives, but you Give to every thread its hue ; And elect your destiny." " It is the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain." A MONTH after the death of Mrs. Pennington the pretty island home was closed. The rooms through which... | |
 | Douglas Graham - 1890 - 366 oldal
...art and aiming beyond it in his sincere desire to do good. And this will be an instance that often " it is the heart and not the brain that to the highest doth attain," but not the one without the other. "All great art is the expression of man's delight in the work of... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1902 - 578 oldal
...lived here some time ago — his name was Longfellow, I believe — once wrote something like this: " It is the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain, And he that followeth love's behest By far exceedeth all the rest," and there is a little group of us in love... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 476 oldal
...golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, m With the breath of morn and the soft sea air. Like a beauteous barge was she, Still at rest on the...sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach ; But he 120 Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command... | |
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