 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 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...each annual cell ; Or how the sacred pine-tree adds 200 RALPH WALDO EMERSON. To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so gcew these holy piles, Whilst... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 psl.
...thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ; Or how the fish outhuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell; Or how the sacred pine-tree adds 200 RALPH WALDO EMERSON. To her old leaves new myriads? Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 314 psl.
...of God are hers ; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshipers. Bryant. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone. Emerson. But this new governor Awakes me all the enrolled penalties, 1 Which have, like unscour'd... | |
 | Abby Ann Judson - 1891 - 276 psl.
...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...leaves new myriads? Such and so grew these holy piles, While love and terror laid the tiles, ' These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, but... | |
 | William Lefroy - 1891 - 324 psl.
...and unappraisable value of a spontaneous development. " Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves and feathers from her breast ? Or how the...Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves now myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles Whilst love and terror laid the tiles." But to " love... | |
 | Julia Thomas, Annie Gregory Thomas - 1892 - 288 psl.
...you vote to sustain and perpetuate the rum traffic' 14. Knowest thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves and feathers from her breast ? Or how the...out-built her shell Painting with morn each annual cell ? Bead the following selections, noting inflection according to the preceding directions. 15. A man... | |
 | JAMES RICHARD JOY, M.A. - 1892 - 346 psl.
...ornament with mediseval and modern cathedrals the most famous temples of Greece are insignificant. Yet Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone, so perfect are its proportions. This sense of proportion, measure, fitness, is a constant quality of... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1892 - 508 psl.
...force which built cathedrals, temples, and pyramids : Knowest thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves and feathers from her breast, Or how the fish outbuilt its shell, Painting with morn each annual cell f Such and so grew these holy piles While love and terror... | |
 | GEORGE WIILLIAM CURTIS - 1892 - 90 psl.
...the Great Lakes, and the majestic Mississippi; but he knew also with another great American that " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. er lids As he would not accept a vulgar caricature of the New Englander as a Yankee, so he spurned... | |
 | William Channing Gannett, Jenkin Lloyd Jones - 1893 - 152 psl.
...manifestation of the invisible God than the Kocky mountains. " Knowest thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves and feathers from her breast? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Fainting with morn each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads... | |
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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... 
