 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
 | 1852 - 196 pages
...fears are laid aside, If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! Bqmn. BY WC BKYANT. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back FOREST HYMN. 11*8 The sound of anthems ;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...and lies down to pleasant dreams. FOREST HYMN. THE groves were GOD'S first temples. Ere man learn'd To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere lie framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 pages
...more appropriately worship ' We read that "The proves were God's first temples. Ere man learned Tu hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere be framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid... | |
 | 1852 - 448 pages
...swept into the chaos of unbelief. There is always that same love for nature, the feeling that — " The groves were God's first temples, ere man learned To hew the shaft, or lay the architrave, Anll spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofly vault, to gather... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...peace, and every grove Is melody. Thomson. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To new the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the...framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The Bound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence he knelt down And offered to the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 344 pages
...115. El'-e-ments,n. t'n popular language y^lre, air, earth, and water, . c GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. 1. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay fhe architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere he fqamed The lofty vault, to gather and roll... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...dwell, And make His presence known. The exalted task Thy wisdom worthily performed. William Hudson. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the root above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 318 pages
...firmament,— The boundless visible smile of Him, To the veil of Vhose 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...and lies down to pleasant dreams. FOREST HYMN. THE groves were GOD'S first temples. Ere man learn'd To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them. — ere he frameJ The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the... | |
 | 1855 - 654 pages
...devotional feeling which we everywhere find in Bryant : "The groves were God's first temples. Ere man turned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them i — ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling... | |
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