 Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose...  The Christian Reformer, Or, New Evangelical Miscellany - Page 1371826Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 494 pages
...Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century -living crow Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among...stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No traces of man's pomp or pride ; — no... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...shook their green leaves in tby breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow Whose hirth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches,...they stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine for bumble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No traces of man's pomp or pride... | |
 | 1825 - 492 pages
...heaven. The century-living crow Whose hirth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their hranches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine for humhle worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No traces of mau's pomp or pride... | |
 | 1826 - 192 pages
...Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among...stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No trace? of man's pomp or pride ; — no... | |
 | 1826 - 192 pages
...in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow Whose birth was in their tops, grow old and died Among their branches, till, at last,...stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No traces of man's pomp or pride;—no silks... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among...stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No traces of man's pomp or pride ; no silks... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among...stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No traces of man's pomp or pride ; no silks... | |
 | 1831 - 442 pages
...Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among...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: no silks... | |
 | 1832 - 650 pages
...at last they stood, As now they stand, massive and tall and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are seen No traces of man's pomp or pride ; no silks Rustle, or jewels shine, nor envious eyes Encounter ; no fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pages
...glowing lights and majestic rivers of another hemisphere, with forests where The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old, and died Among their branches. These scenes, and incidents connected with them, are often portrayed in his poems with considerable... | |
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