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... Land: Its Attractions and Riches - Page 139edited by - 1892 - 910 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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...wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offer'd to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
.... Lyre, sword, and flower,— farewell ' LESSON CXXIII. God's first Temples — A Hymn. — BRYANT. The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound...he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest solemn tnanks \nd supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from 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...down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And 'supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight... | |
| Sir James Edward Alexander - Canada - 1833 - 352 pages
...the cool and silence, man knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication, ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems !" We halted to eat our mid-day repast at a house, the mistress of which had a very sinister expression,... | |
| Mann Butler - Clark's Expedition to the Illinois - 1834 - 418 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...Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, " And ofier'd to the Mightiest, solemn thanks " And supplication." Temples and their ministers, important... | |
| 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...back The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, on their arrival, introduced a milder ecclesiastical sway, and after a time something of the tincture... | |
| 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...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 darkling... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...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 learned...down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For bis simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, . Which, from the stilly... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 278 pages
...Lyre, sword, and flower, — farewell ! LESSON CXXIII. God's first Temples — A Hymn. — BHVANT. The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound...down And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight... | |
| Religious poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...my cause ! GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. A HYMN. ERYANT. THE grovea were God's first temples. Ere man learn'd The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silenee, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple... | |
| |