 | Norris C. Hodgdon - Universalism - 1871 - 444 pages
...many times has the hyperbole of the poet had much truth in it where he says of the builder: — " ' He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.' " This was true of the early Christians in reference to their religious faith and efforts. A favorite... | |
 | Anna Harriette Leonowens - Governesses - 1873 - 346 pages
...the architect, whoever he was, " Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew." ' This impression was deepened every time I visited them, and, though I knew every inch of the temples... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1874 - 200 pages
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird•s nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Ibid. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. ibid. Good-bye, proud world... | |
 | Theology - 1875 - 402 pages
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew. . . . The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned ; And the same power that reared... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1855 - 600 pages
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free : He builded better than he knew. The conscious stone to beauty grew." The true ontology is expressed in the first verse of Genesis: " In principio creacit Deus cccium et terrain"—... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 240 pages
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew, — The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ? Or how the fish... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves, and feathers from her breast ; Or how the fish... | |
 | Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc - Architecture - 1875 - 622 pages
...master-workman had his day. He developed his primitive forms directly and honestly from practical necessity; " He builded better than he knew, The conscious stone to beauty grew." His successors, unembarrassed by knowledge of other styles, avoided his obvious errors, profited by... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free ; He builded better than he knew ; — The conscious stone to beauty grew. fb:d. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. ft:.!. Good-bye, proud world... | |
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The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew. 
