Walks Through the Studii of the Sculptors at Rome, Volumes 1-2Monaldini, 1841 - Sculptors |
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... soul into the hands of his Creator , he is in the act of consigning to his brother his civic crown . We may fancy him , before he resigned the honourable testimonial to have uttered these dying accents . " Brother , accept this pledge ...
... soul into the hands of his Creator , he is in the act of consigning to his brother his civic crown . We may fancy him , before he resigned the honourable testimonial to have uttered these dying accents . " Brother , accept this pledge ...
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... soul must part . This bas relief is one of the most admired works of our author ; and so admirably is the action of wak- ing expressed that the limbs seem to move before our eyes in solemn procession . The figure of the Genius appears ...
... soul must part . This bas relief is one of the most admired works of our author ; and so admirably is the action of wak- ing expressed that the limbs seem to move before our eyes in solemn procession . The figure of the Genius appears ...
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... SOUL . anticipating heav'n , She bursts from the thraldom of incumbring clay , And , on the wing of exstacy upborne , Springs into liberty and light and life . " The Ancients represented the flight of the soul by a butterfly after ...
... SOUL . anticipating heav'n , She bursts from the thraldom of incumbring clay , And , on the wing of exstacy upborne , Springs into liberty and light and life . " The Ancients represented the flight of the soul by a butterfly after ...
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... soul under a female form despoiled of worldly robes , and vested in the mantle of celestial holiness . Spirited away from her earthy abode and borne aloft to the man- sions of bliss , she appears buoyant in air : her arms are crossed on ...
... soul under a female form despoiled of worldly robes , and vested in the mantle of celestial holiness . Spirited away from her earthy abode and borne aloft to the man- sions of bliss , she appears buoyant in air : her arms are crossed on ...
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... soul of sound philosophy with its lofty and endearing moral incul- cations ! The truths which it inculcates and the mo- ral which it teaches , altho ' emanating from a Pagan source , seem pure as if they flowed from Sion's lof- ty hill ...
... soul of sound philosophy with its lofty and endearing moral incul- cations ! The truths which it inculcates and the mo- ral which it teaches , altho ' emanating from a Pagan source , seem pure as if they flowed from Sion's lof- ty hill ...
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Page 24 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Page 24 - With fancied roses, than the unblemished moon Before her wane begins on heaven's blue coast; Thy Image falls to earth. Yet some, I ween, Not unforgiven the suppliant knee might bend, As to a visible Power, in which did blend All that was mixed and reconciled in Thee Of mother's love with maiden purity, Of high with low, celestial with terrene ! 1821.
Page 22 - Blessed art thou Simon Bar-Jona ; because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee : That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 198 - No wonder * such celestial charms For nine long years have set the world in arms ; What winning graces ! what majestic mien ! She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen ! Yet hence, O Heaven, convey that fatal face, And from destruction save the Trojan race.
Page 243 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 33 - And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 22 - WERE not the sinful Mary's tears . An offering worthy Heaven, When, o'er the faults of former years, She wept — and was forgiven...
Page 21 - And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Page 103 - CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept And such is man ; soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day.
Page 171 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.