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 - 1841 - 366 pages
...Catholic church ; then, begging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half hour, " in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence,...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,... | |
| James Turner Morehead - Kentucky - 1841 - 200 pages
...the world. It was fit it should be so. ..•.** . .• *• "The groves were God's first temples: Era man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above him; ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems — in the darkling... | |
| Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Europe - 1841 - 312 pages
...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." grace. For lunch they give you a cold round of beef, juicy and tender; ham, perfectly... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...HYMN. THE groves were GOD'S first temples. Ere man leam'd To hew the shaft, and lay the arehitrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knell down, And offer'd lo the Mightiest solemn thanks, And supplication.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 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...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... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1843 - 524 pages
...then, beg- £,?,"'£ ging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him 3i3>Malone for a half hour, " in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence,...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,... | |
| 1843 - 784 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,... | |
| George Bancroft - 1844 - 524 pages
...then, beg- £$"'&. ging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him 3i3'i*' alone for a half hour, " in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence,...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,... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...The grove* — were God's first temples. Ere ma To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, [learned And spread the roof above them,-— ere he framed...And offered, to the Mightiest, solemn thanks, And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, Thai, from the stilly twilight... | |
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