| Christian life - 1883 - 402 pages
...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...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 the work we are doing,... | |
| Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1841 - 522 pages
...raise, Time is with materials filled; Our to- days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion these ; Leave no yawning gaps...because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen, Make the home where God shall dwell Beautiful,... | |
| Electronic journals - 1904 - 668 pages
...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 care Each 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion these ; Leave no yawning gaps...greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the Gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Else our lives are incomplete,... | |
| Literature - 1850 - 144 pages
...filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion Ihese ; Leave no yawning gaps between ; Think not, because...greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Make the house, where gods... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion these ; Leave no yawning gaps...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 pages
...raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion these, Leave no yawning gaps...elder days of art, Builders wrought with greatest caro Bach minute and unseen part, For the gods are everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 258 pages
...raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion these ; Leave no yawning gaps...greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the Gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Make the house where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire,... | |
| Elisha Reynolds Potter - Education - 1852 - 406 pages
...raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays, Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion these, Leave no yawning gaps...Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and each unseen part — For the gods see every where. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1852 - 250 pages
...yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. 4. Truly shape and fashion these ; Leave no yawning gap between; Think not, because no man sees, Such things will remain unseen. 5. Build to-day, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base, And ascending and secure, Shall... | |
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