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 - 第208页作者:Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
| Mann Butler - 1834 - 418 页
...dying spirits of the former; or the wounded hearts of the latter. In the beautiful poetry of Bryant: " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, " And ofier'd to the Mightiest, solemn thanks " And supplication." Temples and their ministers, important... | |
| 1834 - 332 页
...Druids, and their mysterious groves, threw round it a clothing of awe and pomp scarcely ever equalled. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...back The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, on their arrival, introduced a milder ecclesiastical sway, and after a time something of the tincture... | |
| Mann Butler - 1834 - 430 页
...dying spirits of the former; or the wounded hearts of the latter. In the beautiful poetry of Bryant: " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...and lay the architrave, " And spread the roof above Ihem, ere he framed " The lofty vault, to gather and roll back "' The sound of anthems, in the darkling... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 页
...listening to thy murmur, he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream. FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For bis simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, . Which, from the stilly twilight of the place,... | |
| 1838 - 348 页
...my cause ! GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. A HYMN. ERYANT. THE grovea were God's first 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... | |
| 1839 - 430 页
...the rippling sea.— O, whither on its waters rideth Lee r God's first Temples. A Hymn.—BRYAJCT. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed The iofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems,—in the darkling... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 页
...SHALL NEVER DIE ! GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES.—A HYMN. 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 The lofty vault, to gather.and roll back The sound of anthems,—in the darkling... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 页
...SHALL NEVER DIE ! GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES.—A HYMN. 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 The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems,—in the darkling... | |
| 1840 - 516 页
...yet "He who dwelleth not in temples made with hands," is in very deed present within the solitude. "The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...spread the roof above them ; ere he framed The lofty vaults to gather, and roll back The sound of anthems, — in the darkling -wood, Amidst the cool and... | |
| 1840 - 350 页
...holier, a happier solitude that the poet invites. It is to the wilds, and groves of Nature,— •' God's first temples, ere man learned To hew the shaft,...spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vaults, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems:" There indeed may the lonely ones " Go forth,... | |
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