 IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are...  French Philosophers and New-England Transcendentalism - Pagina 8door Walter Leatherbee Leighton - 1908 - 105 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1861 - 924 pagina’s
...Emerson seized the spirit of this passage in hi« rendering : — " If the red slayer think he slays, Or the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again ; " etc. This passage from our poem was adopted from the Katha Upanishad, wlirrj i lie English version... | |
 | 1861 - 922 pagina’s
...Emerson seized the spirit of this passage in his rendering : — " If the red slayer think he slays, Or the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and nun again ; " etc. This passage fiom our poem was adopted from the Kaiha Upanishad, where ihe English... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1867 - 130 pagina’s
...CHRISTIANITY. THE following Hues, by RW Emerson, entitled " Brahma," may serve as my text for this evening. " If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or if the slain...well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 226 pagina’s
...riddle of the Sphinx were guessed. OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. BRAHMA. TF the red slayer think he slays, •*• Or if the slain think he is slain,...the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ; The vanished gods to me appear ; And... | |
 | 1867 - 672 pagina’s
...unravel the following remarkable lines from his last, entitled ' Brahma:' — ' If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again. ' Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight... | |
 | Gilbert Haven - 1869 - 714 pagina’s
...Nemesis, shod with wool, suddenly stands behind them, and whispers in their affrighted ears, — " If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or if the slain...know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and come again." The slain knew he was not slain. No man ever went to a martyr's death with such assurance... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pagina’s
...That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. RALi'H BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think yant 1 keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same ;... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pagina’s
...the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. RALPH WALDO E.MHKSOX BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think T ~ " nguin. POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. 61 5 •a Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight... | |
 | Stephen Pearl Andrews - 1872 - 904 pagina’s
...Every Thing is in its very GROUND one and the same. BRAHMA.— RW EMERSON. If the Red Slayer think he slays, Or if the Slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep and pass and torn again. Far or forgot to me is near, Sunlight and Shadow are tho same, The vanished Gods to me... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pagina’s
...the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. "RALPH WALDO EUERSOX BRAHMA. IF the red slayer think , as an heirloom, Handed down from mother to child,...long generations. But a celestial brightness, a more POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. 615 Far or forgot to me is near ; Shadow and sunlight are the same... | |
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