 Knowst thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves and feathers from her 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 and so grew these holy piles,...  Brownson's Quarterly Review - Página 3161845Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Tyndall - 1879 - 474 páginas
...referred to by Emerson as typical of the force which built cathedrals, temples, and pyramids : — Knowest 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 ? Such and so grew these holy piles While love and terror... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 páginas
...better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest 25 Of leaves and feathers from her breast ; Or how the...sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? 30 Such and so grew these holy piles Whilst love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 páginas
...he could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st ain he rose. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through moni each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 páginas
...God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st 4 pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads? Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - 1078 páginas
...grew, Know'st thou what wove yon woodbirdY nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast? Or how tlie fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual...pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such arid so grew these holy piles, "Whilst love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 páginas
...from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell f Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads t Such and so grew these holy piles,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 páginas
...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...and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror hud the tiles. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone, And Morning opes with... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 páginas
...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...outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell 1 Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 páginas
...he could not free ; He huilded better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st outhuilt her shell. Painting with morn each annual cell t Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 páginas
...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 ? (20) Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred... | |
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