 | Heinrich Brugsch - 1880 - 266 psl.
...the Iliad, of the Psalms, the ^neid, and the Inferno, of Prometheus, Hamlet, and Paradise Lost. " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; " but in the thought that planned the Hall of Columns, or sculptured the rock temple of Amon, was... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 psl.
...better than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest 4X 4 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 psl.
...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,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 psl.
...entirely alone and unrivalled the glory of Greece and a reproach to the rest of the world." Fergusson. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone. Emerson, Parthenon, The. A London club, dissolved in 1862. The Erectheum Club was joined with it in... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 psl.
...better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Knowest thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the...wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone; town, And morning opes with haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 psl.
...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 psl.
...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...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 psl.
...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...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,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 psl.
...he could riot free ; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. ikid. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. Hid. Good by, proud world ! I 'm going home : Thou art not my friend, and I 'm not thine. Good By.... | |
 | 1883 - 538 psl.
...to execute, workmen to carve, and a people to pay for and maintain such an edifice. LAMARTINE. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. EMERSON. This same period of expanding and stimulating Athenian democracy which produced the marvellous... | |
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Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone... 
