 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,...  Trees in Prose and Poetry - Page 3edited by - 1902 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll hack The sound of anthems ; in the darkling 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 sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...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 thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | 1826 - 518 pages
...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 offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...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 thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | 1826 - 524 pages
...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 offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences That, from the stilly twilight of the place... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...BRYANT. 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 offered to the Mightiest solemn tnanks \nd supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - America - 1833 - 290 pages
...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 offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And 'supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | Fens, The (England) - 1834 - 332 pages
...this time, the rigid faith of Catholicism grew daily more powerful in this country. The convent Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. Bryant. * It appears from Gildas, one of the most ancient of the British Historians, who lived in the... | |
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...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 offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For bis simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, . Which, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
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