 | 1858 - 778 pages
...may be a fitting place for the holiwt worship. " The groves were God's first templet. Era man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence he knelt down, And oflVr'd to the Mightiest solemn thank* And supplication."... | |
 | 1826 - 520 pages
...heart. The following are the introductory lines. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere he trained The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst... | |
 | 1824 - 494 pages
...we hav« done, i THE LAY MONK. POETRY. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication.... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...as we have done. THE LAY MONK. POETRY. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lolly vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and... | |
 | 1825 - 492 pages
...as we have done. THE LAY MONK. POETRY. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof ahove them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll hack The sound of anthems ; in the... | |
 | 1826 - 524 pages
...Hymn. [From the United States' Literary Gazette.] THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...back The sound of anthems : in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication.... | |
 | 1826 - 518 pages
...heart. The following are the introductory lines. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication.... | |
 | 1826 - 192 pages
...OWE SPIRIT or LIFE, in heaven OSE SUN. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in th e darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn... | |
 | 1826 - 192 pages
...stands forth unveiled with cloudless brow, A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in th e darkling... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...roll back Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down The sound of anthems,—in the darkling wood, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication....simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, And from the gray old trunks, that, high in heaven, That, from the stilly twilight of the place, Mingled... | |
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THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence,... 
