 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,...  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Pàgina 208per Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 360 pàgines
...take up mineral food from the soil in the shape of totally insoluble combinations.* * Dr. Voelckcr, ' The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned,...the architrave. And spread the roof above them."— BKYABT. 295. Why should the farmer regard mineral manures as among the "food " of plants ? Because,... | |
 | Testimonies, Author of Sunday evenings at home - 1861 - 236 pàgines
...holier purpose, the oratories of early patriarchs were, doubtless, quite as simple in construction : ' ' The groves were God's first temples, ere man learned...gather, and roll back, The sound of anthems, in the mountain wood : Amidst the cool, and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest, most solemn... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 pàgines
...— uho ! FOREST HYMN. WU.I.IAM CULLÏN RRYANT. 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 olTcrM to the Mightiest solemn thanks, And supplication.... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pàgines
...The beauty of the world below. PEABODY. igmn. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learn'd To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed Ihe lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1861 - 272 pàgines
...brow your lamps are dim." A FOREST HYMN. p.-i A FOEEST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ero 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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pàgines
...hand, our Father, reared." GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. 3. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learnM 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 offer'd to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.... | |
 | California. Legislature - 1875 - 1026 pàgines
...the use of each. 9. Punctuate and capitalize the following: " the groves were god's first temples ore man learned to hew the shaft and lay the architrave...vault to gather and roll back the sound of anthems ho knelt down and offered to the mightiest solemn thanks." 10. What are simple, complex, and compound... | |
 | John Russell Amberley (viscount) - 1876 - 520 pàgines
...are instances of the sacredness so frequently attached to woods and forests by primitive nations. " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication."3 Natural characteristics in the same manner determine the quality of holiness attributed... | |
 | Jane Donahue Eberwein - 1978 - 398 pàgines
...— did it keep A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep. (1824; 1824) A FOREST HYMN The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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.... | |
 | 1889 - 1032 pàgines
...recited : Firnt Pupil : "The groves were God's first temple", Ere man learned To hew the shaft, aud lay the architrave And spread the roof above them...framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The round of anthem?. In the darkling wood, Anild-l the cool and silence, he knelt down Aud ottered to... | |
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