 | John Ludlum McConnel - Frontier and pioneer life - 1853 - 414 pages
...years afterward, sailing from Chicago to Mackinac, he entered a little river in Michigan. Erecting an altar, he said mass, after the rites of the Catholic...men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half hour, '« ' In the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...roof above them, — ere he fqamed The lofty vault, to gather and roll 5. The sound of anthems, — in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he...down And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And + supplication. For his simple heart • Might not resist the sacred influences, 10. That, from the... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...spread the roof above them; ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The Bound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence he...knelt down And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks. Bryant. 340 GROVEL. GUESTS. GUIDANCE. GROVEL. WHAT seest thou there? King Henry's diadem, Inchased... | |
 | Woodland gleanings - 1853 - 306 pages
...framed The lofty 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 thanks And supplication. For Jiis simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - English poetry - 1853 - 334 pages
...framed The lofty 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 thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight... | |
 | John Ludlum McConnel - Frontier and pioneer life - 1853 - 400 pages
...little river in Michigan. Erecting an altar, he said mass, after the rites of the Catholic chnreh ; then, begging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half houi\ ' In tile darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1853 - 520 pages
...after- May wards, sailing from Chicago to Mackinaw, he entered a little river in Michigan. Erecting an altar, he said mass after the rites of the Catholic church ; then, beg-, ^"fo ging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half hour, "in the darkling... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...framed The lofty 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 thanks And supplication. WC Vryant. O Thou, to whom, in ancient time, The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung, Whom... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Gift books - 1854 - 322 pages
...framed The lofty 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 thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, That, from the stilly twilight... | |
 | William Rudolph Smith - Wisconsin - 1854 - 448 pages
...altar, and celebrated mass according to the rites of the Catholic church ; then requesting the two men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for half an hour, he retired a short distance in the silent woods. When the time had elapsed, the men went to seek for... | |
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The groves were God's first temples. Ere man 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 wood, Amid the cool and silence,... 
