 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
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 562 页
...demand a more elegant temple ; but where could the humble more appropriately worship ? We read that . *' The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shun, and lay the architrave, And sprend the root' nhove them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1846 - 528 页
...then, beg- ^"jjj; ging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him 3i3'i*' alone for a half hour, " in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence,...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... | |
 | John Wesley Monette - 1846 - 626 页
...harmony, rising up to heaven. " The groves were God.s first templos : ere man learn'd To IKw the shaft or lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them ; ere he framed The lofty vanlt to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, in the shady grove, Amid the tow.ring oaks, he... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 页
...The boundless visible smile of Him, To the veil of whose brow your lamps are dim.' : A FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...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... | |
 | John Wesley Monette - 1848 - 642 页
...temples: ere man learn'd To hcw the sluift or lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them ; ero he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, in the shady grove, Amid the tow'ring oaks, he raised his voice, And offer' d to the Mightiest solemn praise... | |
 | Paschal Donaldson - 1848 - 322 页
...Here nature, unalloyed by art, dwelt in her rude simplicity. The wild untutored savages had hot yet learned • " To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — nor frame The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems." Here the aborigine reposed... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 页
...principal. 115 El'-e-ments, n. in popular language, fire, nir, earth, and water. GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. I. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed Tered to the Mightiest solemn thanks pplication. For his simple heart ; not resist... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 744 页
...Catholic Church; then begging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for half an hour; '1 in the darkling wood. Amidst the cool and silence,...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,... | |
 | James Dixon - 1849 - 522 页
...Catholic church ; then, begging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone half an hour, ' In the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence,...to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.' " At the end of the half hour they wient to seek him, and he was no more. The good missionary, discoverer... | |
 | 1850 - 340 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...wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offer'd to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the... | |
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