 | 1848 - 602 sivua
...stature of the works of God, and to which these seem to nod in responsive sympathy. For, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids To gaze npon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 sivua
...stature of the works of God, and to which tltese seem to nod in responsive sympathy. Eor, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 sivua
...stature of the works of God, and to which these seem to nod in responsive sympathy. For, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 344 sivua
...stature of the works of God, and to which these seem to nod in responsive sympathy. For, as the poet says — " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends the... | |
 | Joel Benton - 1883 - 148 sivua
...and the human heart, finds that he, too, is adjudged a part of the great scheme. In the same poem he says: Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends the... | |
 | Joel Benton - 1883 - 184 sivua
...and the human heart, finds that he, too, is adjudged a part of the great scheme. In the same poem he says : Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her 2one; And morning opes with haste her lids To ga2e upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
 | Joel Benton - 1883 - 150 sivua
...and the human heart, finds that he, too, is adjudged a part of the great scheme. In the same poem he says : Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends... | |
 | John Bancroft Devins - 1910 - 268 sivua
...sculptured miniatures, travelers take away from Athens. It is ever true, as an American poet has said : "Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her throne." Even in its ruins the Parthenon is majestic. Two architects, Ictinus and Calycrites, designed this... | |
 | 1912 - 238 sivua
...his eyes. How happily does one of our own poets, Ralph Waldo Emerson, express our feelings when he says: "Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone." The world's museums have relics of many other famous works of Greek masters in the arts. GOLDEN... | |
 | Alfred E. Chirm - 1912 - 300 sivua
...self-respect I might have lost came back to me in that moment, John." 190 XXIII THE HARMONY OF STONE Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her throne. Emenon BURTON chafed under the enforced delay in the fulfilment of his promise to journey to Pittsburg... | |
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O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends with kindred eye ; For out of thought's interior sphere These wonders rose to upper air, And nature gladly gave them place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them... 