...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...

...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...

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

...preachers and teachers, hardly waiting to build shelters for themselves, learned in simple fashion "To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave And spread the roof above them" to make temples of religion and of education. Thus was prepared the way for the great migration of...

...the use of each. 9. Punctuate and capitalize the following: " the groves were god's first temples ore man learned to hew the shaft and lay the architrave...vault to gather and roll back the sound of anthems ho knelt down and offered to the mightiest solemn thanks." 10. What are simple, complex, and compound...

...— did it keep A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep. (1824; 1824) A FOREST HYMN The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn...

...recited : Firnt Pupil : "The groves were God's first temple", Ere man learned To hew the shaft, aud lay the architrave And spread the roof above them...framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The round of anthem?. In the darkling wood, Anild-l the cool and silence, he knelt down Aud ottered to...

...of the proper reverence for holiness. In 'Forest Hymn' (1825) the forest was the primordial church: The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood Amidst its cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn...

...vegetation. None expressed this more colorfully than William Cullen Bryant in his "Forest Hymn" (1825): The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned...vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn...

...expressed the American, or New World, version of the forest as a form of primitive church or temple: The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architectrave And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll...