 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.  Little Classics - Page 122edited by - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1848 - 580 pages
...with religious awe. ' The hnnd that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Home, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.' So that we repeat to-day, in these our edifices, the ideas of those Mediaeval Christians; and until... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Church - 1848 - 44 pages
...with religious awe. " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew." So that we repeat to-day, in these our edifices, the ideas of those Mediaeval Christians ; and until... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1887 - 698 pages
...Turn not aside, but make the greater haste To join and straighten them. CE ardour needs. One certainty Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free. He builded better than be knew; The conscious stone to beaut; grew. А нон. HECOED9 OP CELTIC OCCUPATION IN LOCAL NAMES.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 448 pages
...canticles of love and woe ; The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...he could not free ; He buildcd better than he knew, ,The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'stthou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers...Painting with morn each annual cell ; Or how the sacred pine tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Such and so grew these holy piles, Whilst love and terror... | |
 | Universalism - 1852 - 572 pages
...an unknown author ? " The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could...than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast Soul that o'er him planned." The poet who gave us these... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1852 - 484 pages
...government and human rights ; ignorant of the beauty of the edifice which he was rearing. He wrought in sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew. The book of Otis was reprinted in England. Lord Mansfield, who had read it, rebuked those who spoke of... | |
 | 164 pages
...men's hearts tremble, and their souls leap up in thanksgiving, is the child of enthusiasm and rapture. "Know'st thou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves...morn, each annual cell ? Or how the sacred pine-tree adda To her old leaves new myriads? Such, and so grew these holy piloe, Whilst love and terror laid... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...Peter's dome. And groin'd the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from Go«! he could not free; He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'stthou what wove yon wood-bird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast; Or how the fish... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...canticles of love and woe; The hand that rounded Peter's dome. And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could...outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual coll I Or how the sacred pine-tree adils To her old leaves new myriads ? Snch and so grew these holy... | |
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