Still roll ; where all the aspects of misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man... English Sonnets: A Selection - Page 210edited by - 1873 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
| Arthur Hugh Clough - Prose poems, English - 1869 - 448 pages
...of that genius and moral frame, the sum of the real significance of his character and view of life. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man, are words which he himself adopts from the Elizabethan poet Daniel, translated by him from Seneca,... | |
| Arthur Rigg - Bible and science - 1869 - 124 pages
...— every political move : whilst we bow down ourselves in the House of Mammon, unconscious that " unless above himself he can erect himself how poor a thing is man ;" whilst we are doing all this for at best perishing treasures, and very often for perplexing and... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 284 pages
...work for catholic and universal ends. A puny creature walled in on every side, as Daniel wrote, — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " but when his will leans on a principle, when he is the vehicle of ideas, he borrows their omnipotence.... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 474 pages
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man ! ' * Happy is he who lives to understand, Not human nature only, but explores All natures, — to... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essays - 1870 - 316 pages
...work for catholic and universal ends. A puny creature walled in on every side, as Daniel wrote, — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " b«t when his will leans on a principle, when he is the vehicle of ideas, he borrows their omnipotence.... | |
| 1871 - 854 pages
...experience has taught to other peoples in their area of action. What is true of the individual that " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " is equally true of states and kingdoms and empires. As no individual can stand alone, so neither... | |
| E.C. Wines - Corrections - 1871 - 680 pages
...experience has taught to other peoples in their area of action. What is true of the individual that " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " is equally true of states and kingdoms and empires. As no individual can stand alone, so neither... | |
| American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! ' " Happy is he who lives to understand Not human nature only, but explores All natures, to the end... | |
| Horae, Henry Holmes Joy - 1873 - 374 pages
...Still roll . . . whose strong effects are such As he must bear being powerless to redress, And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! Wordsworth and Daniel. Every measure intrinsically just will be Perseverance, finally carried. Let... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - Concord River - 1873 - 430 pages
...altogether too rich for such poor acting. I am hardly worthy to be a suburban dweller outside those walls. " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " With our music we would fain challenge transiently another and finer sort of intercourse than our... | |
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