 Poetry is itself a thing of God ; He made His prophets poets ; and the more We feel of poesie do we become Like God in love and power, — under-makers.  Festus: A Poem - Page 7by Philip James Bailey - 1845 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fraternal organizations - 1838 - 488 pages
...his conception of the dignity of his office before we have read more than half a dozen lines : — Poetry is itself a thing of God ; He made his prophets poets : and the mote We feel of poesle do we become Like God in love and power, under-makers. All great lays, equals... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1840 - 694 pages
...Student. Take up the book, and if thou understandest, Unfold it to me. Festus. What I can, I will. Poetry is itself a thing of God ; He made His prophets poets : and the more We feel of poetry, do we become Like God in love and power. Student, Under-makers. Futus. All great lays, equals... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1842 - 642 pages
...Many. STUDENT. Take up the book and if thou understandest Unfold it to me. What I can I will; TJESTC3. Poetry is itself a thing of God; He made his prophets poets; and the more We feel of poetry, do we become Like God in love and power. STUDEHT. Under-makers. FESTUS. All great lays, equals... | |
 | Philip James Bailey - English literature - 1845 - 428 pages
...More unto me than immortality; Or to have strung my harp with golden strings. 1838. PROEM. | ITHOUT all fear, without presumption, he Who wrote this work...We feel of poesie do we become Like God in love and power,—under-makers. All great lays, equals to the minds of men, Deal more or less with the Divine,... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 482 pages
...since the date of our own era, can this predominating characteristic be other than the Christian. ' Poetry is itself a thing of God, He made his prophets poets ; and the more We feel of poesy do we become Like God in love and power, — under-makers. All great lays, equals to the minds... | |
 | Thomas Powell - Authors, English - 1849 - 326 pages
...second edition he has prefixed a sort of apology, or defence of his subject. We extract a few lines : " Poetry is itself a thing of God ; He made his prophets...of poesie do we become Like God in love and power — UNDER makert. All great lays, equals to the minds of men, Deal more or less with the divine, and... | |
 | Thomas Powell - Authors, English - 1849 - 328 pages
...second edition he has prefixed a sort of apology, or defence of his subject. We extract a few lines: " Poetry is itself a thing of God; He made his prophets...and the more We feel of poesie do we become Like God ju love and power — UNDER maikers. All great lays, equals to the minds of men, Deal more or less... | |
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...poet of our own day, whose memory shall live as long as time lasts, Philip James Bailey, declares, " Poetry is itself a thing of God ; He made His prophets poets ; — and the more We feel of poesy do we become Like trod in love and power.'1 The poems of the sacred scriptures are raised to... | |
 | Thomas Powell - Authors, English - 1851 - 216 pages
...second edition he has prefixed a sort of apology, or defence of his subject. We extract a few lines : " Poetry is itself a thing of God ; He made his prophets...of poesie do we become Like God in Love and power — UNDER makers, All great lays, equals to the minds of men, Deal more or less with the divine, and... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...been. Poetry is i'self a thing of God : He made hi» prophets poete ; and the more We feel of poésie, do we become Like God in love and power; under-makers. All great lays, equals to the mind of man, Deal more or less with the divine, and have For end some good of mind or soul of man.... | |
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