 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
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1853 - 520 pages
...who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half hour, "in the darkling wood, Amidst the coo! and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication." At the end of the half-hour, they went to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Gift books - 1854 - 322 pages
...TEMPLES. , v,-. u1 to Jp vr> /S'4, ,*y ^ \T -' . . ? <•. i .• ji •• A c ^ j' «?. r/ BY BRYANT. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...shalt bc judged, are written down. FOREST I1YMN. THB groves were God's flrst temples. Ere man learn'd To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling woocl, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offer'd to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1855 - 492 pages
...those who followed, " Guard it well." LESSON XIII.' FOEEST HTMK— BRYAHT. [See Rule 6, p. 179.] 1. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 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 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1855 - 320 pages
...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, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 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... | |
 | Martin John Spalding - Church history - 1855 - 698 pages
...begging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half hour, •In the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication ' At the end of the half hour, they went to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary,... | |
 | American literature - 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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