 | Missions - 1858 - 778 pages
...itself, each may be a fitting place for the holiwt worship. " The groves were God's first templet. Era man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,...lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence he knelt down, And oflVr'd to the Mightiest... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 520 pages
...rich offering of the fancy and heart. The following are the introductory lines. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere he trained The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst... | |
 | 1824 - 494 pages
...having already done so much as we hav« done, i THE LAY MONK. POETRY. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest,... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...in having already done so much as we have done. THE LAY MONK. POETRY. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lolly vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...in having already done so much as we have done. THE LAY MONK. POETRY. A HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof ahove them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll hack The sound of anthems ; in the... | |
 | 1826 - 524 pages
...arch-heretic. Lastly, as it might A Hymn. [From the United States' Literary Gazette.] THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems : in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest,... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...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 shaft, and...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,... | |
 | 1826 - 518 pages
...rich offering of the fancy and heart. The following are the introductory lines. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and...lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest,... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...goal of truth is won, Nature stands forth unveiled with cloudless brow, A HYMN. 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 th e darkling... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...God's fast Temples — A Hymn. — BRYANT. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned fo hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt, down And offered to the Mightiest... | |
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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, Amidst the cool and... 
