 | David M. Main - 1880 - 490 oldal
...superiority to himself is knowledge.' Cp. Mr. Emerson's poem 4Tbe Problem' (Poems, Boston, 1865, p. 18) : 4 The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew.' PAGE earlier on nearly the same spot of ground, "What ! you are stepping westward?" This earlier poem,... | |
 | David M. Main - 1880 - 506 oldal
...superiority to himself is knowledge.' Cp. Mr. Emerson's poem 'The Problem' (Poems, Boston, 1865, p. 18) : ' The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He buildtd bttter than kt knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew.' PACE earlier on nearly the same... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1880 - 536 oldal
...canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Borne, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew." There is a truth in this — a profound truth. The Bible is not an exceptional book in this, that it... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 oldal
...canticles of love and woe. -E The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Home, lood was flowing, And he was sore in pain, And heavy...changing blows ; And oft they thought him sinking, But Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 oldal
...canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, x, Wrought in a sad sincerity, Himself from God he could...than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest 25 Of leaves and feathers from her breast ; Or how the... | |
 | 1880 - 672 oldal
...dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, "Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he conld not free ; He builded better than he knew — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 oldal
...burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groin'd W Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 oldal
...Byron. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisl s of Christian Kome, Wrought in a nad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free : He...than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Emerson. A spiritual empire there embodied stood ; The Roman Church there met me face to face ; Ages,... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1881 - 938 oldal
...Cyrus, though ' he knew it not.' They were like the great mediaeval artist of whom it has been said, Himself from God he could not free, He builded better than he knew ; The unconscious stone to beauty grew. For ourselves, we may well believe that now, as of old, society is... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 616 oldal
...had noble cathedrals, every stone of which wag carved with reverence, and laid with religious awe. ' The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew." So that we repeat to-day, in these our edifices, the ideas of those Medieval Christians; and until... | |
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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. 
