Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead... The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Page 205by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Ita irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed !...low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| 1858 - 572 pages
...Triton blew from wreathed horn! 1858.] [DECEMBER 1858. '- Build thcc more stately mansions, O my eoul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till ihon at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that tings:—- Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 pages
...stand by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore ! THE CHAMBEEED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails...low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 pages
...cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread...low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, THE TWO AEMIES. As Life's unending column pours,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 pages
...deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings : — Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings : Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| 1862 - 360 pages
...dominion, now and for evermore. Amen, XI. ASPIRATION. Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted, past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| Frances Elizabeth Willard - 1864 - 268 pages
...will not fret about the future, but will try now to do with my might whatever is in my power. " Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift...low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shot thce from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings : Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine... | |
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