 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...  A History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky - Strona 138autor: Mann Butler - 1834 - Liczba stron: 396Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - Liczba stron: 292
...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...wood. Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the... | |
 | George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - Liczba stron: 462
...the general subject now under notice — I shall here introduce Bryant's " Forest Hymn." FOREST HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication, For his simple heart Might not resist the... | |
 | 1840 - Liczba stron: 516
...yet "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...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 - Liczba stron: 350
...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,... | |
 | James Turner Morehead - 1840 - Liczba stron: 192
...Christian's worship, and echoed back the message of the Redeemer of the world. It was fit it should be so. "The groves were God's first temples: Ere man learned...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1841 - Liczba stron: 418
...the rippling sea. — O, whither on its waters rideth Lee ? God's first Temples. A Hymn. — BRTANT. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1841 - Liczba stron: 416
...whether human praise stays with him, or flies away. LESSON XLV. God's First Temples. A Hymn. — BRVANT. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1841 - Liczba stron: 658
...referring to his Forest Hymn, beginning thus :— "The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learn'd To hew the shaft and lay the architrave, And spread...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thauks And supplication."... | |
 | James Turner Morehead - 1841 - Liczba stron: 200
...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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1842 - Liczba stron: 614
...this connection of the admirable cognate lines of BRYANT : * Тни groves were GOD'S first temple«. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,...sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amidst the coal and silence, he la i el t down And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.1 Among... | |
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