...down to pleasant dreams. FOREST HYMN. *T*HE groves were GOD'S first temples. Ere mar. .earned •*• To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the coo) and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks, And supplication....

...humanized in sentiment and expression, has loved to consecrate to Deity its offering and itself. " The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...architrave And spread the roof above them ; ere he formed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the...

...rolled. * * * Another of Mr. Bryant's most admired productions is his Forest Hymn, commencing : — The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication....

...Poet of nature, Bryant, in the opening of his Forest Hymn, one of the finest of all his fine poems: 11 The Groves were God's first temples; ere man learned...vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems " A platform made of Jogs, faced or evened by the axe, elevated about a foot above the ground, and...

...installed and chaunting to the sound of the murmuring waters the praises of Him of whom we read, '• The groves were God's first temples, ere man learned...them,— ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll hack The sound of anthems : in the darkling wood. Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered...

...our refuge is When trouble's hour is near; FOREST HYMN. groves were God's first temples. Ere man J_ 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...

...degraded form of idolatry, — its people began to establish a priesthood and to erect temples.* * "The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The Scandinavians, the Celts, the Egyptians, and the Greeks, however much they may have differed in the...

...brow your lamps are dim." A FOREST HYMN. rTlHE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned -J- To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread...back The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication....

...not only unimpaired, but beautified and adorned. forests—Their Lessons. — They Modify Climate. " The groves were God's first temples ; 'ere man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave." No one can wander "through the dim vaults and winding aisles" of a primeval forest, amid the "venerable...

...only unimpaired, but beautified and adorned. Forests — Their Lessons. — They Modify Climate. " The groves were God's first temples ; 'ere man learned To hew the shafi and lay the architrave." No one can wander "through the dim vaults and winding aisles" of a primeval...