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, Amidst the cool and... The United States Literary Gazette - Page 261824Full view - About this book
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...shore; And, listening to thy murmur, he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream. FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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... | |
| Henry Howe - 1845 - 596 pages
...temple ; but where could the humble more appropriately worship ? We read that 44 The groves were Cod's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthoms ; In the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, be knelt down And offered to the Mightiest... | |
| Charles P. Bronson - 1845 - 438 pages
...Оо«Г§ first temple*. Kre man To hew the »hall, and lay (lie architrave, [Icarnei And »prend the roof above them,— ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather, and roll hack, The aound of ни t hem»,— in the darkling wood, Amidst the root ami silence, he knell down,... | |
| Henry Howe - 1845 - 562 pages
...demand a more elegant temple ; but where could the humble more appropriately worship ? We read that . *' The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shun, and lay the architrave, And sprend the root' nhove them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to... | |
| John Wesley Monette - 1846 - 626 pages
...harmony, rising up to heaven. " The groves were God.s first templos : ere man learn'd To IKw the shaft or lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them ; ere he framed The lofty vanlt to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, in the shady grove, Amid the tow.ring oaks, he... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pages
...firmament,-- The boundless visible smile of Him, To the veil of whose brow your lamps are dim.' : A FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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... | |
| Paschal Donaldson - 1848 - 322 pages
...Here nature, unalloyed by art, dwelt in her rude simplicity. The wild untutored savages had hot yet learned • " To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — nor frame The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems." Here the aborigine reposed... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 pages
...principal. 115 El'-e-ments, n. in popular language, fire, nir, earth, and water. GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. I. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed Tered to the Mightiest solemn thanks pplication. For his simple heart ; not resist... | |
| Sarah C. Carter - 1850 - 144 pages
...which was designed to benefit herself and others also. Bryant deposited this : God's First Temples. " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed 62 CHOICE GIFT. OB Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 388 pages
...firmament,— The boundless visible smile of Him, To the veil of whose brow your lamps are dim." A FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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... | |
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