 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.  Initial Studies in American Letters - Seite 110von Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 282 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 Seiten
...the volcano's tongue of flnnie, Up from the burning core below,— The canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free; He builder) better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know*st thou what wove yon woodbird's... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 Seiten
...Like the volcano's tongue of flame, The canticles of love and woe; Up from the burning core below,— The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the...sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; HP builded better than he knew;— The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 472 Seiten
...government and human rights ; ignorant of the beauty of the edifice which he was rearing. He wrought in sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew. The book of Otis was reprinted in England. Lord Mansfield, who had read it, rebuked those who spoke of... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...hers ; But 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.... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1857 - 482 Seiten
...government and human rights; ignorant of the beauty of the edifice which he was rearing. He wrought in sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew. The book of Otis was reprinted in England. Lord Mansfield, who had read it, rebuked those who spoke of... | |
 | 1858 - 734 Seiten
...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...He builded better than he knew; — The conscious stones to beauty grew." May these creations reveal to us anew the Infinite Wisdom, and may the thought... | |
 | William Swinton - 1859 - 326 Seiten
...divinity is on him. " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And grojned the aisles of Christian Eome, Wrought in a sad sincerity : Himself from God he could...better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grow !" And so, through these Symbols glimmer hints of deeper meanings — sacred suspicions of divinity... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1861 - 788 Seiten
...her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. The hand that rounded PBTER'S dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought...sincerity ; Himself from GOD he could not free ; He buil.h <1 better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew.' itself to us, not Shakspearc's,... | |
 | William Threlkeld Edwards - 1862 - 178 Seiten
...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 of Christian Kome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew... | |
 | 1863 - 774 Seiten
...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...Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God be could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; — The conicious stone to beauty grew.' EMEHSON.... | |
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