 | Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 pages
...stole over him, and bow'd His spirit with tho thought of boundless power, And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Charles Parker Ilsley - 1861 - 446 pages
...over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundlessness and power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roof& That our frail hands have raised ? ' ' It is not the educated and the refined alone who are subjected... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...me, at least Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Ofler one hymn—thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in His ear. Didst weave this verdant roof. Thon... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pages
...stole over him, and bow'd His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah! why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn ; thrice happy if it find... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1862 - 276 pages
...tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And maccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn—thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...stole over him, and bow'd His spirit wife the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible Majesty. Ah ! why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadSw of this aged wood, Offer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | 1864 - 428 pages
...over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power, And inaccessible majesty. Ah, \vhy Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's...and under roofs , That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at leasl, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Woodland gleanings - 1865 - 300 pages
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible Majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Here in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible Majesty. Ah ! why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find... | |
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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... 
