Leaves of the Greater Bible: Being an Anthology of Reprints and Paraphrases from Ethnic Scriptures and Kindred LiteratureWilliam Norman Guthrie Petrus Stuyvesant book guild, St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie, Manhattan, 1917 - 143 pagina's |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Abraham Lincoln afar Ancient of Days ask of Thee Atius Aton beauty behold Blessèd breath Buddhist Chakáa Christ clouds cry unto thee death deeds Dhammapada divine doth dream dwell dwelleth earth Eternal Light Exercise unto eyes faith Father fellowship GEORGE MEREDITH gifts of praise glory hath hearken heart upcaught heaven heavenly high blessing holy thought HOMERIC HYMN Ikhnaton know the truth land Leaves of Grass Let us pray live Lord Lowell's mighty mind and heart mysterious nigh night Nirvana paraphrase Passage to India peace perfect beatitude prayer proffer our gifts rapture of holy religion ritual seven conditions shining sing sittest Sobeit song soul speak spirit stars steadfast sweet Thee in thy thine things thou art thou dost thou hast thunder thyself Tirawa Unto the fourth upcaught In rapture verily Wakonda waters whatso Wherefore White Rock winds wisdom words worship Zeus
Populaire passages
Pagina 99 - aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view; Like a rose embowered In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflower'd Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy-winged thieves; Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass,
Pagina 73 - incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the field. And finally that Thou
Pagina 51 - When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn. The soul raised over passion, beholds identity and eternal causation. perceives the self-existence of truth and right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well.
Pagina 97 - Up with me! up with me into the clouds! For thy song, Lark, is strong; Up with me! up with me into the clouds 1 Singing, singing, With clouds and sky about thee ringing, . Lift me, guide me till I find That spot which seems so to thy mind!
Pagina 53 - but exact; liberal in contribution to whatever promised utility; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on his charity. His heart was not warm in his affections; but he exactly calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was
Pagina 50 - imagery Of their own likeness. What are numbers, knit By force or custom? Man who man would be, Must rule the empire of himself! in it Must be supreme, establishing his throne On vanquished will, quelling the anarchy Of hopes and fears, being himself alone. THE
Pagina 68 - Sail forth—steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
Pagina 54 - no other example. . . . ^» .He has often declared to me that he considered our new Constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government, and with what dose of liberty man could be trusted for his own good; that he was determined the experiment should have a fair trial, and would lose the last drop of
Pagina 55 - but with himself first, grasping still In swerveless poise the wave-beat helm of will; Not honored then or now because he wooed The popular voice, but that he still withstood; Broad-minded, higher-souled, there is but one Who was all this and ours, and all men's—WASHINGTON".
Pagina 108 - foul, Peals out a cheerful song. It is not only in the .rose, It is not only in the bird, Not only where the rainbow glows, Nor in the song of woman heard, But in the darkest, meanest things There alway, alway Something sings.