 Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper leaves nor leaves of stone ; Each age, each kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst...  Old Events and Modern Meanings: And Other Sermons - Page 65de Charles Frederic Aked - 1908 - 243 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1900 - 712 pages
...he who bends, Intent on manna still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | William Garrett Horder - 1896 - 408 pages
...he who bends, Intent on manna still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | 1893 - 452 pages
...more ; If thou hast wanderings in the wilderness And find'st not Sinai, 'tis thy soul is poor. ***** Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan." These are Lowell's words. But in Dr. Clifford's teaching they find an echo. "We cannot,"... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 528 pages
...leaves nor leaves of stone ; Each age, each kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the...cloud, Still at the prophets' feet the nations sit. BEAVER BROOK ..." Don't you like the poem [Beaver Brook] I sent you last week ? I was inclined to think... | |
 | Robert Elliott Speer - 1896 - 264 pages
...the signs of His coming. He rules His world still. In a sense other than Lowell meant his words are true : " Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper leaves or leaves of stone ; Each age, each kindred, adds a page to it — Texts of despair or hope, of joy... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1897 - 388 pages
...'In vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate.' ij 5roAi«ro(/a^of aotyia TOV Qeov. — Epk. iii. 10. ' Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...cloud, Still at the Prophets' feet the nations sit.'— LOWELL. FEOM what we have already seen, it follows abundantly that the contents of the Bible are not... | |
 | Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - 1897 - 412 pages
...he who bends, Intent on manna still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | John Cuckson - 1897 - 372 pages
...who bends Intent on manna still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. 92 Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy of moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | 1900 - 502 pages
...between home and school." The paper should be read by every educator who lays claim to the term "modern." "Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on...leaves of stone; Each age, each kindred, adds a verse of it — Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. — Lowell. Mother Love. 1 can hear from the dawn... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1898 - 538 pages
...he who bends, Intent on manna still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
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