 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
 | 1855 - 670 pages
...speak, for we know that they will listen to us. " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man turned 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... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...shaft, and lay the architrave, [learned And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The loft; se of Folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee,...And missing thoe, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-sh supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the saored influences, That, from the stilly twilight... | |
 | Electa Maria Sheldon - Michigan - 1856 - 418 pages
...the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for half an hour — 1 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 half an hour they went to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary,... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1856 - 754 pages
...begging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for half an 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,... | |
 | Electa Maria Sheldon - History - 1856 - 448 pages
...the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for half an 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 half an hour they went to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary,... | |
 | Electa Maria Sheldon - 1856 - 432 pages
...the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for half an 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 half an hour they went to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary,... | |
 | California. Legislature - 1875 - 1026 pages
...the use of each. 9. Punctuate and capitalize the following: " the groves were god's first temples ore man learned to hew the shaft and lay the architrave...vault to gather and roll back the sound of anthems ho knelt down and offered to the mightiest solemn thanks." 10. What are simple, complex, and compound... | |
 | Jane Donahue Eberwein - Poetry - 1978 - 398 pages
...— did it keep A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep. (1824; 1824) A FOREST HYMN The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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.... | |
 | 1889 - 1032 pages
...recited : Firnt Pupil : "The groves were God's first temple", Ere man learned To hew the shaft, aud lay the architrave And spread the roof above them...framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The round of anthem?. In the darkling wood, Anild-l the cool and silence, he knelt down Aud ottered to... | |
 | Thomas J. Campanella - Gardening - 2003 - 254 pages
...vegetation. None expressed this more colorfully than William Cullen Bryant in his "Forest Hymn" (1825): The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. If the ill-fated Lombardy poplar was the sylvan expression of classicism, the elm was... | |
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