 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 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... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 pages
...boundless power and inaccessible majesty. Ah, why should we, in the •orld's riper years, neglect Qod'a ancient sanctuaries, and adore only among the crowd, and under roofs that our frail hands have raised ? " — Bryant. And there is another beauty produced by a number of differently formed trees standing... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1911 - 280 pages
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power 15 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, 20 Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it... | |
 | 1912 - 756 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...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of the ancient wood, Offer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Joseph Doddridge, Narcissa Doddridge - 1912 - 332 pages
...open air, the stately forest trees being their only surroundings and shelter from sun and shower. " Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...and under roofs That our frail hands have raised?" From several records before us it appears that the few Episcopal clergymen in the west at an early... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - 696 pages
...stole over him and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power 15 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, 20 Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy if it... | |
 | Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury - 1912 - 634 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...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... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - 1913 - 316 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 the ancient wood, Offer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1915 - 680 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 God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore 20 Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here,... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 410 pages
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power 15 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, 20 Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it... | |
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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... 
