 | Bruce Weirick - American poetry - 1924 - 270 pages
...the most opulent of the mystics, for to him not only heaven, but the very earth itself, is celestial. "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work...and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And a tree toad is a chef-d'ceuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors... | |
 | Bruce Weirick - American poetry - 1924 - 272 pages
...stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And a tree toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven." Ill His MASTER PASSIONS Whence did such abilities arise, and how did they seek and find expression?... | |
 | Bruce Weirick - American poetry - 1924 - 272 pages
...is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And a tree toad is a chef-d'reuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven." Ill His MASTER PASSIONS Whence did such abilities arise, and how did they seek and find expression... | |
 | American literature - 1925 - 412 pages
...grasp existence as a whole, those to whom the cosmic and the commonplace have a related grandeur. " I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work...of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre of the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - Natural theology - 1925 - 296 pages
...express themselves in very beautiful handiwork, such as a garden spider's web or the nest of a chaffinch. "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork...the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and the grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, The running bramble would adorn the parlours of heaven,... | |
 | Clement Wood - Poets, American - 1925 - 430 pages
...carpenter's compass, I know I shall not pass like a child's carlecue cut with a burnt stick at night. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, . . . And the running blackberry would adorn the parlours of Old age superbly rising! O welcome, ineffable grace... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1925 - 666 pages
...the roofs of the world," is softened, time and again, to \:press a lyric ecstasy and nai'f wonder. believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, .nd the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, .nd the tree-toad... | |
 | John Cann Bailey - Poets, American - 1926 - 268 pages
...in his mind when he chose his title : something which he puts in another way when he says later on, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars". And never was title sincerer outcome of a poet's faith. But it must also have carried with it for him humbler,... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1928 - 504 pages
...express a lyric ecstasy and a vision matched only by Blake. I believe a leaf of grass is no less that the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is...of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre of the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge... | |
 | Lily Adams Beck - Buddha (The concept) - 1928 - 494 pages
...and neither is greater nor less than another. This may convey the thought expressed by Walt Whitman: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars . . . And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of Heaven . . . And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger... | |
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a... 
