 And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible...  The United States Literary Gazette - Page 261824Full view - About this book
 | 1826 - 524 pages
...Mightiest, solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences That, from the stilly twilight of the place And from...thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, whyShould we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...that swayed at once And inaccessible Majesty. Ah, why His spirit with the thought of boundless Power Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Only among the crowd, and under roofs Here, in... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath, that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Qffer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in his ear. Father, thy hand Hath reared these... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among die crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Ofier one hymn — thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in his ear. 40 FOREST HYMN. Father, thy hand... | |
 | 1840 - 516 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless...and under roofs, That our frail hands have raised ! Be it ours to meditate In these calm shades thy milder majesty, And to the beautiful order of thy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...sound Of the invisible breath, that sway'd at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bow'd His spirit with the thought of boundless power, And inaccessible majesty. Ah, whyShould we, in the world's riper years, neglect Gon's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the... | |
 | Charles P. Bronson - 1845 - 438 pages
...Miijemy. Ah! ul.y Should we, in the wo t Id's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and m lore. Only, among the crowd, and under roofs. That our frail...raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of th is ngrd wood, Offer on« h>mn; thrice happy, if it find Acceptance m his ear. Father, thy hand Htth... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath, that swayed, at once, AU their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit— with the thought of boundless Power, And inaccessible Majesty. Ah ! why Should UY, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore, Only, among the crowd,... | |
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