Songs of Night and Day (Classic Reprint)
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Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Gunsaulus, Frank W.) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Songs of Night and Day "How far from Sinai, in earth´s measured time, Riseth Parnassus?" once a minstrel asked. The striking bells of ages in sweet chime Answered the poet in the pilgrim masked: - "From flame-lit cliffs to summits white with snow," They said; - "from rhythmic Truth´s law-giving hour To rhythmic Beauty´s haunts where myrtles blow. Both peaks were lifted by one thrill of power." Then, troubled sore that neither here nor there Were all earth´s discords in pure concord held, The minstrel-pilgrim, singing in his prayer, Sought Him whose power was love in times of eld. "Beyond Parnassus riseth Calvary," God said. "Leave thou Apollo´s lyric morn; Thence fare from Delphi to Gethsemane Where near the olives Love is crowned with thorn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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