 We are idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in today to rival or recreate that beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where...  Complete Works - Seite 121von Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 Seiten
...past ? Why do we grieve over what is past ? How do we hear " the voice of the Almighty " in nature? cover, and nerve us again. We cannot again find aught...vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, " Up and onward forevermore ! " We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the New ; and so we walk ever... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 Seiten
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, ' Up and onward forevermore ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the New ; and so we walk ever... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 Seiten
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We cannot again ESSAY III. find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the... | |
 | Elizabeth Furlong Shipton Harris, Companion traveller - 1847 - 340 Seiten
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter, and organs : nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We cannot again find anght so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had TO A DAISY. 251 bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards." — Enter son. \ FRIEND after friend departs, Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread, and shelter, and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover...The voice of the Almighty saith, " Up and onward, forevermore." We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the new; and so we walk ever with... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 Seiten
...ruins of the old tent, where once we ha.l TO A DATSY. 305 hread and shelter and organs, nor helieve that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again....'ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look haokwards."Emerxm., FRIEND after friend departs, Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...ruins. Neither will we rely on the new ; and so we walk over with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. And yet the compensations of calamity... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 Seiten
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...evermore ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will WP I rely on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 Seiten
...beantiful yesterday. We linger in the rnins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We caunot again find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. Bnt we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the... | |
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