...Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. The Problem. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome. He builded better than he knew. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. Hymn....

...the modern doctrine, that, ' Out from the heart of Natnre roll'd The burdens of the Bible Old; Tha Litanies of Nations came, Like the Volcano's tongue...burning core below,— The Canticles of Love and Woe.' " This is to mistake the effect for the cause. These litanies came not from the ' burning core below,'...

...we may add, just as little with the modern doctrine, that, , ' Out from the heart of Natnre roll'd The burdens of the Bible Old ; The Litanies of Nations came, Like the Volcano's tongue of name, Up from the burning core below, — The Canticles of Love and Woe.' " This is to mistake the...

...receiving. So shall our life-work be, to our possible degree, like that of Michael Angelo. " The hands 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...

...heroes of civil and religious rights, and has in great part revolutionized the face of the world." " Out from the heart of nature rolled, The burdens of...— The canticles of love and woe. * » * * » The word unto the prophet spoken, Was writ on tables yet unbroken."* Shakspeare was the great original...

...experience ; that they are instinct with an inspiration, second only to that of John and Paul? " Out of the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible.... Up from the burning core below, The canticles of joy and woe." Our conclusion, then, in regard to the Jewish Bible, is, that, for the Christian, it...

...are more characteristic of the man, though by no means in his best style : — " Out of the breast of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nature came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles...

...right. This faculty is indeed something that looks as if its possessor were made in the Divine image ! ' The hand that rounded Peter's dome. And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God be could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; — The conicious...

...the same thing in yet more rhythmic notes : " Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought ; Never from lips of cunning fell...Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Roue, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew...

...the voice of Ralph Waldo Emerson : " Never from lips of cunning fell The thrilling Delphic oiaulc ; Out from the heart of Nature rolled, The burdens of...burning core below, The canticles of love and woe." Of the capacity of Keats for appreciating the ludicrous, the letters edited by Lord Houghton afford...