| John Henry Barrows - 1897 - 550 páginas
...shines like a resplendent jewel. I have never been surprised by the extravagance of Emerson's lines, — "Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone." God gave to the Athenians, as to no others who have ever lived, the power to evoke deathless beauty... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 278 páginas
...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 outbuilt its shell, Painting with morn each annual cell; Or how the sacred pine tree adds To her old leaves... | |
| William Thomas Stead - 1899 - 576 páginas
...myths, the traditions, and the history of Hellas form the brightest diamonds in the tiara of Europe. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. There remain to be noticed but two of all the band of nations whose States will form the European Union... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 páginas
...better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Knowst thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves and feathers from her breast ? Or how the...proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon Ьт zoiie, And Morning opes with haste her lida To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 páginas
...better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Knowst thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves and feathers from 'her breast ? Or how the...grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror laid tho tiles. , Kiirth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon b»-r zone, And Morning o|>vs... | |
| 1900 - 598 páginas
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| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1901 - 964 páginas
...better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Knowst thou what wove yon woodbird's nest nd nods and winks, As if his head were as full of kinks b"r zone, And Morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 páginas
...better than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird'i nest pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads? Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror... | |
| 1901 - 458 páginas
...history, or reconcile Him with themselves. — History. Xnowest thou that wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the...outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual shell ? -- - . . The Problem. Let a man control the habit of expense. Let him see that as much wisdom... | |
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