Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns. Thou 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,... A Complete Manual of English Literature - Page 529by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1870 - 540 pagesFull view - About this book
| American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, 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 their branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, 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 their branches ; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, 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 their branches ; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| Unitarianism - 1831 - 442 pages
...trees. They, in thy Sun, 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 their branches, till at last they stood, As now they stand, massy and tall and dark — Fit shrine... | |
| Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...trees. They in thy sun 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 iheir branches, till at last they stood, As now they stand, massive and tall and dark, Fit shrine... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - Birds - 1832 - 576 pages
...contrast them with the 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... | |
| Charles Williams - Botany - 1833 - 284 pages
...trees. They in thy sun 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 their branches, till at last they stood, As now they stand, massive, and tall, and darkl Fit... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, 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 their branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, 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 their branches; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, 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 their branches; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
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