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 291825Full view - About this book
| Missions - 1858 - 778 pages
...itself, each 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 the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 520 pages
...other. The ' Hymn ' is a rich offering of the fancy and heart. The following are the introductory lines. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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... | |
| American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...won, Nature stands forth unveiled with cloudless brow, On earth OWE SPIRIT or LIFE, in heaven OSE SUN. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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... | |
| American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...now, Since the long sought for goal of truth is won, Nature stands forth unveiled with cloudless brow, A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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... | |
| 1826 - 524 pages
...severity against an arch-heretic. Lastly, as it might A Hymn. [From the United States' Literary Gazette.] THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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... | |
| 1826 - 518 pages
...other. The ' Hymn ' is a rich offering of the fancy and heart. The following are the introductory lines. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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... | |
| Unitarianism - 1831 - 442 pages
...be your wisdom!" Hymn on t/te Works of Nature. 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 framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems — in the... | |
| Eliza Robbins - America - 1833 - 290 pages
...fellow-creatures. The worship of God, in the open air, is beautiful. Read these lines : The proves 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... | |
| Fens, The (England) - 1834 - 332 pages
...Druids, and their mysterious groves, threw round it a clothing of awe and pomp scarcely ever equalled. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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... | |
| Mann Butler - Clark's Expedition to the Illinois - 1834 - 430 pages
...dying spirits of the former; or the wounded hearts of the latter. In the beautiful poetry of Bryant: " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...shaft, and lay the architrave, " And spread the roof above Ihem, ere he framed " The lofty vault, to gather and roll back "' The sound of anthems, in the... | |
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