 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.  Massachusetts Quarterly Review - Page 2281849Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Theodore Parker - 1852 - 456 pages
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows tho grass, Art might obey but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o'er him plann'd, And the same power that rcar'd the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...passive Master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o'er him plann'd, And the some power that rear'd the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt within....countless host, Trances the heart through chanting ijure» And through the priest the mind inspiits. The word unto the prophet spoken, Was writ on tables... | |
 | 1855 - 504 pages
...— men who earnestly believed that through them the Divine mind was pleased to accomplish itself? " The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned." But the world is full of the mischief and discomfiture wrought by those who have sought for the inspiration... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul...choirs, And through the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 266 pages
...With Andes and with Ararat. 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 thit reired the shrine, Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. Ever the fiery Pentecost Girds with... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...granted them an equal date These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, but uot surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; Bestrode the tribes that knelt within. And tlie same |K>wer that reared the shrine, Girds with one... | |
 | William Threlkeld Edwards - 1862 - 178 pages
...conscious stone to beauty grew. Those 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." Lowell perhaps comes next. No living poet has a more thorough perception of what art truly is. He is... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 312 pages
...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 - 326 pages
...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... | |
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