| 1889 - 826 psl.
...God; and many times has the hyperbole of the poet had much truth in it where he says of the builder: "He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." This was true of the Early Christians, in reference to their religious faith and efforts. A favorite... | |
| Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 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? Or how the fish... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 288 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 most noteworthy of Emerson's pupils was Henry David Thoreau, "the poet-naturalist." After his graduation... | |
| Abby Ann Judson - 1891 - 276 psl.
...groined the aisles ot 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 wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast? Or how the fish... | |
| 1891 - 626 psl.
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself fro:n God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. A'. W. Ernenn. 178 "79 A WRITER in the London Times, in the course of a long article on Switzerland,... | |
| 1891 - 604 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." And, thirdly, the fruits of Culture arc such as St. Paul mentions as the fruit of the Spirit: love,... | |
| William Lefroy - 1891 - 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." Yet in this fact for fact it is none the less for being poetry lies the real charm and wonder... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1892 - 372 psl.
...verse. jn some of the bewildering recent architecture. How rarely can we say of the architect and his work, " He builded better than he knew : The conscious...settled upon as yet," was the reply ; " I 'm just a-building it, you see, and there 'sa chap coming from Boston next month to put the architecture into... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1892 - 376 psl.
...verse. in some of the bewildering recent architecture. How rarely can we say of the architect and his work, " He builded better than he knew : The conscious...any architect settled upon as yet," was the reply ; "I'm just a-building it, you see, and there's a chap coming from Boston next month to put the architecture... | |
| Frank Preston Stearns - 1892 - 260 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." This is in the grand manner. " The hand that rounded Peter's dome ! " Did Milton ever write six better... | |
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