 | 1889 - 826 Seiten
...God; and many times has the hyperbole of the poet had much truth in it where he says of the builder: "He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." This was true of the Early Christians, in reference to their religious faith and efforts. A favorite... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 Seiten
...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. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest, Of leaves, and feathers from her breast? Or how the fish... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 288 Seiten
...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." The most noteworthy of Emerson's pupils was Henry David Thoreau, "the poet-naturalist." After his graduation... | |
 | Abby Ann Judson - 1891 - 276 Seiten
...groined the aisles ot 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. ' Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast? Or how the fish... | |
 | 1891 - 626 Seiten
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself fro:n God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. A'. W. Ernenn. 178 "79 A WRITER in the London Times, in the course of a long article on Switzerland,... | |
 | 1891 - 604 Seiten
...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." And, thirdly, the fruits of Culture arc such as St. Paul mentions as the fruit of the Spirit: love,... | |
 | William Lefroy - 1891 - 324 Seiten
...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." Yet in this fact — for fact it is none the less for being poetry — lies the real charm and wonder... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1892 - 372 Seiten
...verse. jn some of the bewildering recent architecture. How rarely can we say of the architect and his work, " He builded better than he knew : The conscious...settled upon as yet," was the reply ; " I 'm just a-building it, you see, and there 'sa chap coming from Boston next month to put the architecture into... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1892 - 376 Seiten
...verse. in some of the bewildering recent architecture. How rarely can we say of the architect and his work, " He builded better than he knew : The conscious...any architect settled upon as yet," was the reply ; "I'm just a-building it, you see, and there's a chap coming from Boston next month to put the architecture... | |
 | Frank Preston Stearns - 1892 - 260 Seiten
...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." This is in the grand manner. " The hand that rounded Peter's dome ! " Did Milton ever write six better... | |
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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. 
