O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I am stretched beneath the pines, Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and the pride of man, At the sophist schools and the learned clan ; For... The Christian Examiner - Page 2941869Full view - About this book
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...when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am streteh'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all in their high conceit,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretch'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all in their high conceit,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1844 - 136 pages
...when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretch'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan; For what are they all in their high conceit,... | |
| American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...own. A few verses from .Emerson are most happily selected, especially the last : — " Oh ! when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Home ; And when I am stretched beneath the pines, Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...blackbird's roundelay, And vulgar feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and God. O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece...shines, I laugh at the lore and the pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all, in their high conceit, When man in the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1847 - 244 pages
...feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and God. O when I am safe in my sylvan home, 1 tread on the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I...shines, I laugh at the lore and the pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I am stretch'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all in their high conceit,... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...am safe in my sylvan home, I moek at the pride of Greeee and Rome, And when I am streteh'd baireath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the love and pride of man, At the sophist sehools, and the learned elan ; fur what are they all in their... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...blackbird's roundelay, And vulgar feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and God, O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece...shines, I laugh at the lore and the pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all, in their high conceit. When man in the'... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretched beneath the pineo, Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at .the lore and the pnde of man. At the sophist schools, and tne learned clan ; For what are they all, in their high conceit.... | |
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