 | 1883 - 404 pagini
...recently dead, has put this story, or the idea of it, into one of his poems, called 'The Builders.' " In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods ' are everywhere.' " It would be well for us always to bear in mind that our God sees, whatever be... | |
 | 1884 - 626 pagini
...Longfellow, he reminded me of those lines in " The Builders" — " Nothing useless is or low, Each thing in its place is best, And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest." There was rather a pause when the old square ceased, until the hammer bounced up on the bench, and... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1841 - 522 pagini
...likely to come upon them." THE BUILDERS. BY HENHY W. LONGFELLOW. Nothing useless is, or low, Each thing in its place is best, And what seems but idle show, Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled; Our to- days and yesterdays Are the... | |
 | 1904 - 668 pagini
...HELGA. ARCHITECTURE ш OLD TIMES. — In Longfellow's poem of ' The Builders ' we find this stanza : — In the elder days of Art Builders wrought with greatest...minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere. That this is something more than mere poetical hyperbole seems to be shown by a passage in Mozley's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pagini
...with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1858 - 580 pagini
...walls the temple of the Church, which is to see eternity. " Nothing useless is or low, Kurit thing in its place is best, And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials fill'd, Oar to-days and yesterdays Are the... | |
 | 1850 - 144 pagini
...deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, nor low ; Each thing in its plane is best, And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pagini
...these ; Leave no yawning gaps between ; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest...care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see every where. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Make the house, where gods... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pagini
...with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low, Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show, Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 pagini
...with massive deeds and great, Some with ornameats of rhyme. Nothing useless is, nor low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show, Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structura that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays, Are the... | |
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Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. 
