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...that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome. He builded better than he knew. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. Hymn. At the completion of the Concord Monument. Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the...

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...works of God, and to which these seem to nod in responsive sympathy. For, as the poet says — • " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; Arid morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the...

...violence, I could hardly have escaped without the terrible penalty of a Greek fever. THE RUINS OF ATHENS. " Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone. For out of Thought's interior sphere These wonders rose to upper air ; And Nature gladly gave them...

...what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leaves and feathers from her l>reust ? Or how the fish outbuilt ber shell, Painting with morn each annual cell ? Or how...sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads ? Sucli and so grew these holy pil«s, Whilst love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears the...

...dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome. The Problem. He builded better than he knew. ibid. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. Ibid. Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. Hymn. At the...

...inspired to make his statue and to build the Parthenon. " Such and so grew these holy piles, While love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears...Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone, And morning opes in haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends...

...»tone to beauty grew. Know'st thou what wove yon woodbird's nest Of leave«, and feathers from lier breast ? Or how the fish outbuilt her shell, Painting with morn each annual cell Í Or how the sacred pine-tree adds To her old leaves new myriads Í Such and so grew these holy piles,...

...inspired to make his statue and to build the Parthenon. " Such and so grew these holy piles, While love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears...Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone, And morning opes in haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends...