| 1831 - 442 pagine
...they stand, massy and tall and dark — Fit shrine for humble worshipper, to hold Communion with bis Maker. Here are seen No traces of man's pomp or pride:...along the summits of these trees In music. Thou art ia the cooler breath, That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes scarcely felt. The barky trunks,... | |
| 1832 - 650 pagine
...jewels shine, nor envious eyes Encounter ; no fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race (o change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here...solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music ; thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pagine
...Communion with his Maker. These dim vaults, These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride Report not. No fantastic carvings show, The boast of our vain...solitude. Thou art in the soft winds, That run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath, That from the inmost darkness of... | |
| 1838 - 348 pagine
...silk* Rustic, no jewels shine, nor envious eyes r 2 Eneoun,er; no fantastic carvings show The hoast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works....of these trees In music; — thou art in the cooler hreath, That, from the inmost darkness of the place, Comes, scareely felt: — the harky trunks.the... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pagine
...Communion with his Maker. These dim vaults, These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride Report not. No fantastic carvings show, The boast of our vain...solitude. Thou art in the soft winds, That run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath, That from the inmost darkness of... | |
| George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 pagine
...; no silks Rustle — nor jewels shine — nor envious eyes Encounter ; no fantastic carvings shew The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy...solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music. Thou art in the cooler breath, That, from the inmost darkness of the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pagine
...Communion with his Maker. These dim vaults, These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride Report not. No fantastic carvings show, The boast of our vain...solitude. Thou art in the soft winds, That run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. That, from... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pagine
...carvings show, The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here—thou fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds, That run along the summit of these trees In music;—thou art in the cooler breath, That from the inmost darkness of the... | |
| 1853 - 730 pagine
...Communion with his Maker. These dim vaults, These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race...solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music ; thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pagine
...Communion with his Maker. These dim vaults, These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride Report not. No fantastic carvings show, The boast of our vain...fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds, Thai run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath, 128 WILLIAM... | |
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