 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 520 pages
...stole o'er him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...stole o'er him, and howed His spirit with the thought of houndless power And inaccessihle majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at leatt, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...o'er him, and bowed H,- spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, wby Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one bymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...stole o'er him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | 1826 - 518 pages
...stole o'er him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | 1826 - 524 pages
...him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, whyShould we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient...crowd and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn—thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in his ear. Father, thy hand Upon the naked earth, and,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...that swayed at once And inaccessible Majesty. Ah, why His spirit with the thought of boundless Power Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Only among the crowd, and under roofs Here, in... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible Majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Qffer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1831 - 442 pages
...stole o'er him, and bowed His spirit, with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn, thrice happy if it find Acceptance... | |
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And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible... 
