 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 208 Seiten
...to prayer! Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal man, Bat to that fane most catholic and solemn Which God hath...and moon supply, Its choir the winds and waves, its organ—thunder, Its dome—the sky! There, as in solitude and shade I wander Through the lone aisles,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1846
...call to prayer. Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most Catholic and solemn, Which...lamps the sun and moon supply; Its choir the winds and waves,—its organ thunder,— Its dome the sky. There, as in solitude and shade I wander Through the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 504 Seiten
...the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which God hath plann'd ; To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply; JAMES, who died in the sixty-fifth year of his age, in 1832 ; and in 1842 his last work, " Adam Brown,... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 160 Seiten
...catholic and solemn, Which God hath plann'd. To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whosequenchless lamps the sun and moon supply; Its choir the winds and waves, — its organ,thunder, — Its dome the sky. There, as in solitude and shade I wander, Through the green aisles,... | |
 | Nehemiah Cleaveland, James Smillie - 1847 - 93 Seiten
...have come, "Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand ; But to that fane most catholic and solemn, Which God hath planned!" Explore its aisles and courts, — survey its beauties, — breathe its fresh air, — enjoy its quiet,... | |
 | 1856
...Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane most catholic and solemn, Which God hath plann'd. To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose...Its dome the sky. There amid solitude and shade, I wander Through the green aisles, and stretch 'd upon the sod, Amid the silence reverently ponder The... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848
...the feebleness of mortal hand ; But to that fane most catholic and solemn, Which God hath plann'd : To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose...waves, its organ thunder, Its dome the sky. There, as in solitude and shade I wander, Through the green aisles, or stretch'd upon the sod, Awed by the... | |
 | George Catlin - 1848 - 296 Seiten
...accomplished. To him the study of nature is most appropriate in her great hall or cathedral : — " That vast cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless...and waves ; its organ thunder ; Its dome the sky." The boundless woods have been his home, and dwellers of the wilderness the sitters for his art. So... | |
 | George Catlin - 1848 - 92 Seiten
...accomplished. To him the study of nature is most appropriate in her groat hall or cathedral : — " That vast cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless...and waves ; its organ thunder ; Its dome the sky." The boundless woods have been his home, and dwellers of the wilderness the sitters for his art. So... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1848
...the feebleness of mortal hand ; But to that fane most Catholic and solemn Which God hath plann'd.. To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose...quenchless lamps, the sun and moon supply, Its choir the wind and waves,— its organ thunder, Its dome the sky." There is a healthy fresh air of piety in Miss... | |
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And tolls its perfume on the passing air, Makes sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer. Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which God hath... 
