 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1921 - 742 sidor
...interpretation of his own ordeal. A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding peaks, that almost seems the Trinity, in some faint, earthly symbol. So in...bend down our eyes, the dark vale shows her mouldy soul ; but if we lift them, the bright sun meets our glance half way to cheer. Yet, oh, the great sun... | |
 | herman melville - 1922 - 742 sidor
...Belshazzar's awful writing. I have never marked the coin inspectingly. He goes below; let me read. A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding...earthly symbol. So in this vale of Death, God girds xis round; and over all our gloom, the sun of Righteousness still shines a beacon and a hope. If we... | |
 | Charles Child Walcutt - 380 sidor
...save him. He reads the doubloon with a cadence that begins in firm faith but sinks into despair: " 'A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding...the bright sun meets our glance half way, to cheer.' " So far he seems Job's messenger," saved to "deliver to us a warning of disasters to come." (P. 313.)... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1981 - 608 sidor
...coin inspectingly . He goes below; let me read. A dark valley between three mighty, heaven -abiding peaks, that almost seem the Trinity, in some faint...but if we lift them, the bright sun meets our glance halfway, to cheer. Yet, oh, the great sun is no fixture; and if, at midnight, we would fain snatch... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1983 - 1470 sidor
...Belshazzar's awful writing. I have never marked the coin inspcctingly. He goes below; let me read. A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding...but if we lift them, the bright sun meets our glance halfway, to cheer. Yet, oh, the great sun is no fixture; and if, at midnight, we would fain snatch... | |
 | Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle - 1988 - 1080 sidor
...Bclshazzar's awful writing. I have never marked the coin inspectingly. He goes below; let me read. A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding...but if we lift them, the bright sun meets our glance halt way, to cheer. Yet, oh, the great sun is no fixture; and it, at midnight, we would fain snatch... | |
 | David Spooner - 1995 - 124 sidor
...likenesses. The three Andean summits are overarched by "a segment of the partitioned zodiac" and it has "a dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding...almost seem the Trinity, in some faint earthly symbol" (pp. 43 1-32). In fact it embodies that dramatic projection of the triple and quadruple expressive... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1996 - 644 sidor
...read Belshazzar's awful writing. I have never marked the com inspectingly. He goes below; let me read. A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding...the dark vale shows her mouldy soil; but if we lift mem, the bright sun meets our glance half way, to cheer. Yet, oh, the great sun is no fixture; and... | |
 | Rod Wooden - 1996 - 186 sidor
...Some devil's work. And yet ... a dark valley between three heavenly peaks — the Trinity, perhaps. So in this vale of death, God girds us round; and over all the sun still reigns — our beacon and our hope. And yet the great sun is no fixture — for seek... | |
 | David Spooner - 2005 - 200 sidor
...likenesses. The three Andean summits are overarched by "a segment of the partitioned zodiac" and it has "a dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding...almost seem the Trinity, in some faint earthly symbol (431-32)." In fact it embodies that dramatic projection of the dialectic of triple and quadruple determining... | |
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A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding peaks, that almost seem the Trinity, in some faint earthly symbol. So in this vale of Death, God girds us round; and over all our gloom, the sun of Righteousness still shines a beacon and a hope. 