 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
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 304 pages
...worshiper may dwell, Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son Sat, weary, by the patriarch's weU.—Pierponi. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...the architrave, And spread the roof above them.— Bryant. No lover of poetry can spare Chaucer, or should grudge the short study required to command... | |
 | Eleanor O'Grady - 1890 - 634 pages
...The movement is smooth and gliding. " A Forest Hymn " should be given with Median Stress. A FOBEST 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... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 314 pages
...worshiper may dwell, Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son Sat, weary, by the patriarch's well.— tterpont. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the arcAitrave, And spread the roof above them.— Bryant. No lover of poetry can spare Chaucer, or should... | |
 | 1891 - 734 pages
...where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. DICKENS. A FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God.s first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofly vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amid the cool... | |
 | 1891 - 660 pages
...CHURCH — THE BAPTIST CHURCH — LUTHERAN CHURCH — UNITED BRETHREN — MORMONISM — ROMAN CATHOLIC. "The groves were God's first temples, ere man learned...shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof ahove them, ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roil hack The sound of anthems in the darkling... | |
 | Oregon. Board of Horticulture - 1891 - 522 pages
...Read by A. ROGERS, of Forest Grove, at Portland meeting, January 12, 1892. It was well said that, " The groves were God's first temples, Ere man learned to hew the shaft or lay the architrave." And the groves are yet God's temples. Who that walks in the .shade of a beautiful... | |
 | Oregon. Board of Horticulture - 1893 - 366 pages
...Read by A. ROGERS, of Forest Grove, at Portland meeting, January 12, 1892. It was well said that, " The groves were God's first temples, Ere man learned to hew the shaft or lay the architrave." And the groves are yet God's temples. Who that walks in the shade of a beautiful... | |
 | Mildred Cabell Watkins - 1894 - 232 pages
...leaves lie dead; They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit's tread. THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them. A FOREST HYMN. LJ S :'- ; '•••• ' CHAPTER VIII. OUR FIRST FAMOUS NOVELIST JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.... | |
 | Henry Clay Badger - 1895 - 314 pages
...Clay, I know you ain't one, but I have licked ye on Bill's account." CHAPTER IV. NATURE'S TEACHING. The groves were God's first Temples, ere man learned...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... | |
 | 1896 - 92 pages
...grown with the vigor and beneficence of a grand truth or a great tree. — J. Sterling Morton. FOREST HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man...spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vanlt, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence,... | |
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