 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
 | Religious poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...temples. Ere man learn'd The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silenee, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the saered influenees, That, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 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, Which, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 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 Which, from the stilly twilight of the... | |
 | 1840 - 488 pages
...framed The lofty vaults 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... | |
 | James Turner Morehead - Kentucky - 1840 - 192 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." But the time was rapidly approaching when the glowing visions of the Transylvania company were to be... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Europe - 1841 - 320 pages
...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...to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication." grace. For lunch they give you a cold round of beef, juicy and tender.; ham, perfectly cured, perfectly... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Europe - 1841 - 658 pages
...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...he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thauks And supplication." that the spirit escapes from the forms in which man, always running to the... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1841 - 366 pages
...the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half hour, " in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication." At the end of the half-hour, they went to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary, discoverer... | |
 | James Turner Morehead - Kentucky - 1841 - 200 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 thauks And supplication." But the time was rapidly approaching when the glowing visions of the Transylvania... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...arehitrave, 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, he knell down, And offer'd lo the Mightiest solemn thanks, And supplication. For his simple heart Might... | |
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