 These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within.  Poems and Essays - Page 72by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 236 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 lehte
...God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. " The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul...choirs, And through the priest the mind inspires." Poems, pp. 17—18, 19. If we put Emerson's conclusions into five great classes representing respectively... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 326 lehte
...truth ; which built that heroic architecture, overmastering therewith the sense and soul of man : — " The passive master lent his hand To the vast Soul...that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt therein." But the piety which I find now, in this age, here in our own land, I respect, honour, and... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 312 lehte
...truth ; which built that heroic architecture, overmastering therewith the sense and soul of man : — " The passive master lent his hand To the vast Soul...that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt therein." But the piety which I find now, in this age, here in our own land, I respect, honour, and... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 lehte
...And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the gross ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master...hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the samo power that reared the shrine, B<?strO'lo the tribes that knelt \\ithin. Ever the fiery Pentecost... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1866 - 560 lehte
...pine tree adds a myriad of new leaves to its old arms every year. " The passive master lent his band To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that reared the shrims Bestrode the tribes that knelt within." § 5. Christian or Supernatural Inspiration. — Having... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1867 - 414 lehte
...truth ; which built that heroic architecture, overmastering therewith the sense and soul of man : " The passive master lent his hand To the vast Soul...reared the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt therein." But the piety which I find now, in this age, here in our own land, I respect, honor, and... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1867 - 540 lehte
...myriad of new leaves to its old arms every year. " The passive master lent his himd To the vast eoul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that reared...the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within." § 5. Christian or Supernatural Inspiration. — Having thus spoken of inspiration in general, we proceed... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 lehte
...And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master...the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak, or fanes of gold,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1871 - 416 lehte
...therewith the sense and soul of man : " The passive master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o' er him planned : And the same Power that reared the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt therein." But the piety which I find now, in this age, here in our own land, I respect, honor, and... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1871 - 414 lehte
...therewith the sense and soul of man : " The passive master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o' er him planned : And the same Power that reared the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt therein." But the piety which I find now, in this age, here in our own land, I respect, honor, and... | |
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