 | 1825 - 492 pagina’s
...ahove them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll hack The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt...old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy houghs, and from the sound Of the invisihle hreath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole... | |
 | 1824 - 494 pagina’s
...above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt...supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred iufluences, That, from the stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray old trunks that high in... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pagina’s
...Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred iufluences, That, from the stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray old trunks that high in heave* Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pagina’s
...roll back Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down The sound of anthems,—in the darkling wood, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication....simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, And from the gray old trunks, that, high in heaven, That, from the stilly twilight of the place, Mingled... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pagina’s
...Temples — A Hymn. — 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 - 1833 - 290 pagina’s
...above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt...old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy tops, stole over him, and bowed tiis spirit with the thought of boundless power And maccessible majesty.... | |
 | 1834 - 332 pagina’s
...from 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 pagina’s
...— A Hymn. — BRYANT. The lofty vault, to gather and roll back . . The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt...place, And from the gray old trunks, that high in heaveil, Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath, that swayed at once... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pagina’s
...above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood. Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt...simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, Which, from the stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray dd trunks that high in heaven Mingled... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pagina’s
...above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood. Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt...the Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For bis simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, . Which, from the stilly twilight of the place,... | |
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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, Amidst the cool and... 
