 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
 | John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. " 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... | |
 | Education - 1883 - 270 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 temple, nobler than the... | |
 | Lillian Watson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1988 - 356 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... | |
 | Jay Parini - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 788 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! 150 Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Literary Collections - 1995 - 212 pages
...home, and knew the old no more. Thanks for the heavenly message hrought hy thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn! From thy dead lips a clearer note is horn Than ever Triton hlew from wreathed horn! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of... | |
 | Richard S. Lowry - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 188 pages
...inspects the miner's cabin, he too speaks inhumanly while quoting his poem "The Chambered Nautilus": Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings: Build thee more stately mansions O my Soul! The miner can only reply, "'I can't afford it, Mr. Holmes.'" Emerson continues the comic... | |
 | Various - Poetry - 1996 - 496 pages
...for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn! 25 From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn! Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, 30 As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past!... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves...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... | |
 | Rachel R. Baum - Social Science - 1999 - 188 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...Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings:Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...queer talk they used! Mr Holmes inspected this cabin, then he took me by the buttonhole, and says he: "Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings, Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul!" 'Says I, "I can't afford it, Mr Holmes, and moreover I don't want to." Blamed if I liked... | |
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