 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 278 pages
...particularized were those where Homer, Shakespeare, and Plato were united with Christ in one : — Twice have I moulded an image, And thrice outstretched my hand;...one of night. And one of the salt sea-sand. One in a Judaan manger And one by Avon stream, One over against the mouths of Nile, And one in the Academe.... | |
 | Alexander Smellie - 1899 - 416 pages
...Socrates, stand almost on a level with Jesus. It reverences them well-nigh as much. " One in a Judrean manger, And one by Avon stream, One over against the mouths of Nile, And one in the Academe," — that is what it says. But there is none other name. And society turns to other refuges. It is impatient... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 278 pages
...outstretched my hand; Made one of day, and one of night. And one of the salt sea-sand. One in a Jud&an manger And one by Avon stream, One over against the mouths of Nile, And one in the Academe. Emerson was amazed, and took the poem to Miss Elizabeth Hoar, who was always his kindly censor, and... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1901 - 388 pages
...him, My creatures travail and wait ; His couriers come by squadrons, He comes not to the gate. 66 67 Twice I have moulded an image, And thrice outstretched...Nile, And one in the Academe. I moulded kings and saviors, And bards o'er kings to rule ; — But fell the starry influence short, The cup was never... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 348 pages
...for him, My creatures travail and wait ; His couriers come by squadrons, He comes not to the gate. Twice I have moulded an image, And thrice outstretched...one in the Academe. I moulded kings and saviours, And bards o'er kings to rule ; — But fell the starry influence short, The cup was never full. Yet... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...creatures travail and wait ; His couriers come by squadrons, He comes not to the gate. Twice have I moulded an image, And thrice outstretched my hand...one of night, And one of the salt sea-sand. One in a Judasan manger, And one by Avon stream, One over against the mouths of Nile, And one in Academe. I... | |
 | 1904 - 712 pages
...whole." She will ask no more approximations, no more couriers coming only to the gate, and she says : "Twice I have moulded an image, And thrice outstretched...day and one of night And one of the salt sea-sand." What meaning can we find in these strange lines ? "Twice I have moulded an image." Let us say these... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 574 pages
...for him, My creatures travail and wait ; His couriers come by squadrons, He comes not to the gate. Twice I have moulded an image, And thrice outstretched...Made one of day and one of night And one of the salt sea-sand.1 One in a Judaean manger, And one by Avon stream, One over against the mouths of Nile, And... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1854 - 598 pages
...for him, My creatures travail and wait ; His couriers come by squadrons, He comes not to the gate. Twice I have moulded an image, And thrice outstretched...Made one of day and one of night And one of the salt sea-sand.1 One in a Judaean manger, And one by Avon stream, One over against the mouths of Nile, I... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 602 pages
...for him, My creatures travail and wait ; His couriers come by squadrons, He comes not to the gate. Twice I have moulded an image, And thrice outstretched...Made one of day and one of night And one of the salt sea-sand.1 One in a Judsean manger, And one by Avon stream, One over against the mouths of Nile, And... | |
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And bards o'er kings to rule; — But fell the starry influence short, The cup was never full. 
