 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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, —...Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, v IVrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; tie builded better than he knew;... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pages
...Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and wo. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...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... | |
 | 1864 - 752 pages
...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, —...And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in sad sincerity; Himself from God ha could not free ; He buildi'd better than he knew ; — The conscious... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1855 - 568 pages
...always, perhaps seldom, able to explain itself. There is a truth in these lines of Emerson : — " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." The true ontology is expressed in the first verse of Genesis : " In principio creavit Deus caslum et... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...The hand that rounded Peter's dome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not tree; He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone...wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast; Or bow the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell ; Or how the sacred pine tree... | |
 | 1845 - 458 pages
...that might be found ; but they are the only ones we have at hand. The first is from " The Problem." " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...sincerity. Himself from God he could not free ; He buildcd better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's... | |
 | 1845 - 452 pages
...that might be found; but they are the only ones we have at hand. The first is from " The Problem." " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...breast; Or how the fish out-built her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell; Or how the sacred pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 pages
...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, —...beauty grew. " Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's ne»t Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish out-built her shell, Painting with... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 564 pages
...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, —...than he knew. The conscious stone to beauty grew. " Know'sl thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the... | |
 | 1878 - 300 pages
...botch-work. " The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of ancient Rome Wrought with a sad sincerity — Himself from God he could not...than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." If Michael Angelo thus built for immortality, how earnestly should every believer rear up what is to... | |
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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... 
