 | 1825 - 492 lapas
...green tops, stole o'er him, and howed His spirit with the thought of houndless power And inaccessihle majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years,...roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at leatt, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find Acceptance... | |
 | 1826 - 524 lapas
...boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole o'er him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, whyShould we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 lapas
...that swayed at once And inaccessible Majesty. Ah, why His spirit with the thought of boundless Power Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Only among the crowd, and under roofs Here, in... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 lapas
...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...me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Qffer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in his ear. Father, thy hand Hath reared these... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 lapas
...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...neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among die crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised. Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 lapas
...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...me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Ofier one hymn — thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in his ear. 40 FOREST HYMN. Father, thy hand... | |
 | 1840 - 488 lapas
...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...and under roofs, That our frail hands have raised ! Be it ours to meditate In these calm shades thy milder majesty, And to the beautiful order of thy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 lapas
...sound Of the invisible breath, that sway'd at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bow'd His spirit with the thought of boundless power, And inaccessible majesty. Ah, whyShould we, in the world's riper years, neglect Gon's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the... | |
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Which, from the stilly twilight of the place, 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... 
