...And, listening to thy murmur, he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream. V, r FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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...

...SHALL NEVER DIE ! GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES.—A HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learn'd 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...

...with the general subject now under notice — I shall here introduce Bryant's " Forest Hymn." FOREST HYMN. The groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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...

...; And, listening to thy murmur, he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream. FOREST HYMN. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man...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...

...Christian's worship, and echoed back the message of the Redeemer of the world. It was fit it should be so. "The groves were God's first temples: Ere man learned...shaft and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above him; ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems — in the darkling...

...yet "He who dwelleth not in temples made with hands," is in very deed present within the solitude. "The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...shaft and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them ; ere he framed The lofty vaults to gather, and roll back The sound of anthems, — in the...

...holier, a happier solitude that the poet invites. It is to the wilds, and groves of Nature,— •' 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 vaults, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems:" There...

...the world. It was fit it should be so. ..•.** . .• *• "The groves were God's first temples: Era man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above him; ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems — in the darkling...

...referring to his Forest Hymn, beginning thus :— "The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learn'd 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...

...this connection of the admirable cognate lines of BRYANT : * Тни groves were GOD'S first temple«. 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...