 And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible...  The United States Literary Gazette - Page 261824Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 448 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? I^et me, at least, Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, Thou Didst weave this verdant... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1892 - 108 pages
...once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power is And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the...me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, a Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in His ear. Father, thy hand Hath reared these... | |
 | G. T. Howerton - 1892 - 276 pages
...men! " In vain do they worship, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men." Bryant has said: "All! why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have reared?" Yes; why should we lose all the good there is in worship by the cold, stiff, formal surroundings?... | |
 | Frances W. Lewis - 1900 - 328 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. — BRYANT. 3. Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power is And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the...That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, 20 Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in... | |
 | William Hawthorn Muldrew - 1901 - 86 pages
...They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze And shot toward heaven. . . . Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? — Bryanl : Forest Hymn. Knt«-mi ari'ordlnjE to Act of til- r.ili.,i,.. nl »f Canada. In Ihf year... | |
 | Henry Frank - 1901 - 436 pages
...and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops — stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty." wandering beasts (which, perhaps, were not primarily dangerous). He made his meals by day on the nuts... | |
 | 1901 - 476 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. ****** Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose... | |
 | Maine. Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics - 1901 - 336 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majestv." "But thou art here— thou fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along... | |
 | 1915 - 566 pages
...boughs and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And accessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries,... | |
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