...shore ; And, listening to thy murmur, he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream. 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 vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the...

...temple ; but where could the humble more appropriately worship ? We read that 44 The groves were Cod'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 vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthoms ; In the...

...first temple*. Kre man To hew the »hall, and lay (lie architrave, [Icarnei And »prend the roof above them,— ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather, and roll hack, The aound of ни t hem»,— in the darkling wood, Amidst the root ami silence, he knell down, Ami oluV-red....

...demand a more elegant temple ; but where could the humble more appropriately worship ? We read that . *' The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shun, and lay the architrave, And sprend the root' nhove them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to...

...firmament,-- The boundless visible smile of Him, To the veil of whose brow your lamps are dim.' : A 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 darkling...

...Here nature, unalloyed by art, dwelt in her rude simplicity. The wild untutored savages had hot yet learned • " To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — nor frame The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems." Here the aborigine...

...principal. 115 El'-e-ments, n. in popular language, fire, nir, earth, and water. GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. I. THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed Tered to the Mightiest solemn thanks pplication. For his simple heart ;...

...work. Instead of a needless introduction, the poet at once opens boldly and truly into the subject. " 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 vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the...

...which was designed to benefit herself and others also. Bryant deposited this : God's First Temples. " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed 62 CHOICE GIFT. OB Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered...

...his pulpit, and the heavens for his sounding board, would dispense the word of life and salvation. " 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 vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, in the darkling...