 | William Cullen Bryant - 1849 - 384 Seiten
...ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, OSer one hymn—thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in His ear. Father, thy hand Hath reared these... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1850 - 340 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1850 - 368 Seiten
...the deeds of praise, Feels not the spirit of the place control, Exalt and agitate his laboring soul ? Why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and jmder roofs That our frail hands have raised ? How comes it that the wondrous essence, Which gave such... | |
 | Sarah C. Carter - 1850 - 144 Seiten
...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 sanctnaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have made ! Let me,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1851 - 380 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 Seiten
...deeds of praise, Feels not the spirit of the place control, Exalt and agitate* his laboring soul ? Why Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? How comes it that the wondrous essence, Which gave such vigor to those strong-nerved limbs, Has leaped... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 388 Seiten
...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...sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs 1 That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer... | |
 | 1852 - 196 Seiten
...of boundless power, And inaccessible Majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, negleat God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the...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 fitid... | |
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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... 
