 | Mann Butler - 1834 - 418 pagini
...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... | |
 | 1834 - 332 pagini
...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 To...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 - 1834 - 430 pagini
...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 - 1836 - 288 pagini
...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 To...the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For bis simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, . Which, from the stilly twilight of the place,... | |
 | 1838 - 348 pagini
...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... | |
 | 1839 - 430 pagini
...rippling sea.— O, whither on its waters rideth Lee r God's first Temples. A Hymn.—BRYAJCT. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To...and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed The iofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems,—in the darkling... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 pagini
...SHALL NEVER DIE ! GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES.—A 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 framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems,—in the darkling... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pagini
...SHALL NEVER DIE ! GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES.—A 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 framed The lofty vault, to gather.and roll back The sound of anthems,—in the darkling... | |
 | 1840 - 488 pagini
...He who dwelleth not in temples made with hands," is in very deed present within the solitude. " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To...spread the roof above them ; ere he framed The lofty vaults to gather, and roll back The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and... | |
 | 1840 - 350 pagini
...holier, a happier solitude that the poet invites. It is to the wilds, and groves of Nature,— •' God's first temples, ere man learned To hew the shaft,...spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vaults, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems:" There indeed may the lonely ones " Go forth,... | |
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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, Amid the cool and silence,... 
