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" O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretched beneath the pines, Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and the pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For... "
The North British Review - Page 267
1867
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am streteh'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all in their high conceit,...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...stretch'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, LOOK ALOFT. 177 I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned...high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet 1 LOOK ALOFT. BY JONATHAN LAWRENCE. IN the tempest of life, when the wave and the gale Are around and...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 89

American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...especially the last : — " Oh ! when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Home ; And when I am stretched beneath the pines, Where the...high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet ? " And there is the true ring in a few verses by Winter : — "Агтвв ALL. " The apples are ripe...
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Gems from the American Poets: With Brief Biographical Notices

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1844 - 136 pages
...when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretch'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan; For what are they all in their high conceit,...
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The Illustrated Book of Christian Ballads and Other Poems, Volume 6

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretch'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all in their high conceit,...
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Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...vulgar feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and God. O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome ; And...high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet? THE RHODORA: ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER? IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I...
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Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1847 - 244 pages
...feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and God. O when I am safe in my sylvan home, 1 tread on the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I...high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet. THE RHODORA, ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER. IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I am stretch'd beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan ; For what are they all in their high conceit,...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...am safe in my sylvan home, I moek at the pride of Greeee and Rome, And when I am streteh'd baireath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the love and pride of man, At the sophist sehools, and the learned elan ; fur what are they all in their...
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Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and ..., Volume 2

Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...vulgar feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and God, O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome; And...conceit. When man in the' bush with God may meet! Tint HCMBLE-BM. Burly, dozing, hnmble-bee, Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto...
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