 Sophocles, all noble poets were priests as well ; and sang the truest (which was also the divinest) they had been privileged to discover here below. To " sing the praise of God," that, you will find, if you can interpret old words, and see what new things...  The Keepsake - Pagina 871852Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 914 pagina’s
...best he could interpret it; the judgments of Eternal Deity upon the erring sons of men. .¿Eschylus, Sophocles, all noble poets were priests as well ;...sang the truest (which was also the divinest) they bad been privileged to discover here below. To " sing the praise of God," that, you will find, if you... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 444 pagina’s
...best he could interpret it ; the judgments of Eternal Destiny upon the erring sons of men. ^Eschylus, Sophocles, all noble poets were priests as well ;...find, if you can interpret old words, and see what ne\v things they mean, was always, and will always be, the business of the singer. He who forsakes... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1875 - 520 pagina’s
...extract is almost too lengthy, but we will find a place for it : — CARLYLE AT THE OPERA ! "yEschylus, Sophocles, all noble poets were priests as well ;...divinest) they had been privileged to discover here 4io Meditations below. To ' sing the praise of God,' that, you will find, if you can interpret old... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 682 pagina’s
...he could interpret it ; the judgments of Eternal Destiny upon the erring sons of men. .flSschylus, Sophocles, all noble poets were priests as well ;...of God," that, you will find, if you can interpret T>ld words, and see what new things they mean, was always, and will always be, the business of the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pagina’s
...flower and the Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be ^wx&l woerl "TO T\ A " THE SONG AND THE SINGER. *O "sing the praise of God," that you will find, if you...business, and, wasting our divinest gifts, sings the praises of chaos, what shall we say of him? David, king of Judah, a soul inspired by divine music and... | |
 | Lewis Worthington Smith - 1916 - 312 pagina’s
...he could interpret it; the judgments of Eternal Destiny upon the erring sons of men. Aeschy25 lus, Sophocles, all noble poets were priests as well; and...see what new things they mean, was always, and will 30 always be, the business of the singer. He who forsakes that business, and, wasting our divinest... | |
 | Lord Charles John Guthrie Guthrie - 1916 - 34 pagina’s
...worse than death. It is the Life-in-Death of poet Coleridge." And again : "To sing the praise of God was always and will always be the business of the singer. He who forsakes that business, wasting our divinest gifts, sings the praise of chaos — what shall we say of him ! " And .again :... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 874 pagina’s
...best he could interpret it : the judgments of Eternal Deity upon the erring sons of men. ./Eschylus, Sophocles, all noble poets were priests as well ; and sang the truest (which was also the divincst) they hail been privileged to discover here below. To " sing the praise of God," that, you... | |
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