 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 psl.
...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. " The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that reared... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - 1882 - 286 psl.
...groined the aisles of Christian Bome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free He builded better than he knew. The conscious stone to beauty grew ; Such and so grew these holy piles While love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 616 psl.
...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." So that we repeat to-day, in these our edifices, the ideas of those Medieval Christians; and until... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 psl.
...groined the aisles of Christian Borne Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew. The silent organ loudest chants The master's requiem. Diigg. Is othing is more simple than greatness ;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 psl.
...groined the aisles of Christian Gome Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God 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 ? Or how the fish... | |
 | Joel Benton - 1883 - 148 psl.
...The hand that rounded Peter's dome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. A sense of dignity and reverent beauty transfuses his Artistic expression, and is never absent from... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 psl.
...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. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? (20) Or how the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 psl.
...groined the aisles of Christian Home Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God 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? Or how the fish... | |
 | Joel Benton - 1883 - 184 psl.
...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. A sense of dignity and reverent beauty transfuses his artistic expression, and is never absent from... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 psl.
...groined the aisles of Christian Borne, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. 211 Emerson: The Problem. Line 19, Art is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace... | |
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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. 
