 Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by...  American Literature Through Illustrative Readings - Page 178by Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 463 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1896 - 858 pages
...God's will." 2. " Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking ; Tie heaven alone that is given away." 3. "Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons n .11." 4. "God gave thy soul brave wings, put not the^e feathers Into a bed, to sleep out all ill... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 pages
...home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn ! From thy dead lips...voice that sings : Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than... | |
 | 1858 - 572 pages
...thus moralizes upon it — "Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn! From thy dead lips...is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn! 1858.] [DECEMBER 1858. '- Build thcc more stately mansions, O my eoul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...home, and knew the oli no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee. Child of "H' wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than over Triton blew from wreathed horn I While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought... | |
 | Caroline Snowden Guild - Hymns - 1860 - 366 pages
...the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly meflage brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Caft from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer...Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that fings : Build thee more {lately manfions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literature, Modern - 1862 - 368 pages
...home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips...stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1862 - 328 pages
...home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips...that sings : — Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...brought by thee. Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips a elearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn...the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings: Bnild thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll 1 Leave thy low-vaulted past... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...and knew the <>'.! no more. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee. Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Tritoii blew from wreathed horn ! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear... | |
 | Families - 1862 - 364 pages
...keep us from falling, we will ascribe power and dominion, now and for evermore. Amen. XI. ASPIRATION. Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with... | |
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