 And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy...  The Edinburgh annual register - Página 3671823Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 páginas
...undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er...the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd... | |
 | C. Palfrey - 1840 - 754 páginas
...o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant, them didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth, To watch the sacred sign ! And when its yellow...mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. The spirit that prompted the mother, in the lesson she taught her child,—that spirit which causes... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 páginas
...How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign 1 And when its yellow lustre smi'cd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft...the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang, On earth, delivered from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1840 - 376 páginas
...undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 páginas
...earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sucred sign! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains...jubilee to keep. The first made anthem rang, On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the Muse's eye " Unraptnred greet... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1841 - 390 páginas
...undelug'd earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er...mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. The earth to thee her incense yields, The lark thy welcome sings, When glittering in the freshened... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 páginas
...How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smil'd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft...the bow of God. Methinks thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 páginas
...undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth, To watch thy sacred sign ? And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er...Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang Nor ever shall the Muse's eye, Unraptured greet thy beam ; Theme of primeval propheey, Be still the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 páginas
...shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! 7. And when its yellow luster smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. 8. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang, On earth, delivered from the deep, And... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - 332 páginas
...came the world's gray fathers forth, • To watch thy sacred sign. And when its yellow lustre smil'd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God." How joyful from th' imprisoning ark On the green earth they spring! Not blither, after showers, the... | |
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