 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,...  Tales from American History - Strana 133autor/autoři: Eliza Robbins - 1833Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1826 - 192 str.
...forth unveiled with cloudless brow, On earth OWE SPIRIT or LIFE, in heaven OSE SUN. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the...to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in th e darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn... | |
 | 1826 - 192 str.
...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 th e darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - 1833 - 352 str.
...the cool and silence, man knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication, ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems !" We halted to eat our mid-day repast at a house, the mistress of which had a very sinister expression,... | |
 | 1834 - 332 str.
...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 hew the...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... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 str.
...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 wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offer'd to the Mightiest... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1841 - 658 str.
...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."... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 str.
...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.... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 596 str.
...temple ; but where could the humble more appropriately worship ? We read that 44 The groves were Cod's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthoms ; In the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, be knelt down And offered to the Mightiest... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 616 str.
...Ere man learned To hew the ahaft. and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above ¿hem, — ere ho 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."... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 562 str.
...first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shun, and lay the architrave, And sprend the root' nhove them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in thu darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to thn Mightiest solemn thanks... | |
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