 And tolls its perfume on the passing air, Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer. Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which God hath...  The Pioneer: Or, Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio - Page 59by Henry Clapp - 1846 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, \Vhich God hath planned ; To that cathedral, boundless as...There, as in solitude and shade I wander Through the green aisl es, or stretched upon the sod, Awed by the silence, reverently ponder The ways of God. Your... | |
 | 1862 - 432 pages
...for prayer ! Not to the domes, where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand ; But to that fane most catholic and solemn, Which God...quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply, Its choir the wind and waves — its organ thunder — Its dome the sky ! There, as in solitude and shade I wander... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 368 pages
...hand', But to that fane,7 most catholics and solemn, Which God hath planned* ; 4. To that cathedral,9 boundless as our wonder, . Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply', Its choir10 the wind^ and waves', its organ thunder', Its dome' the sky'. 5. There, as in solitude and... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 348 pages
...the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which God hath plann'd. To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose...There, as in solitude and shade I wander, Through the green aisles, or stretch'd upon the sod, Awed by the silence, reverently ponder The ways of God. Your... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...the feebleness of mortal hand ; But to that "fane most "catholic and solgmn, Which God hath planned 1 To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder . Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply, Ire "choir the winds and waves, its organ thunder, Its "dome the sky I Th6re, — as in solitude and... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 pages
...column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which Gud hath planned; . To that cathedral, boundless as our...There, as in solitude and shade I wander Through the green aisles, or stretched upon the sod, Awed by the silence, reverently ponder The ways of God. Your... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pages
...feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which God hath planned ; 9. To the cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless...winds and waves, its organ thunder, Its dome the sky. 1 0. There, as in solitude and shade I wander Through the green aisles, or, stretched along the sod,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 pages
...tolls its perfume on the passing air, Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer. But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which...planned; To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whoso quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply ; Its choir the winds and waves — its organ thunder... | |
 | Sunday readings - 1867 - 232 pages
...the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane most catholic and solemn Which God hath plann'd— To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon Its choir the winds and waves — its organ, thunder— supply,— Its dome the sky. There, amid solitude... | |
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