 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Elocution - 1913 - 316 pages
...still goes on, In silence, round me, — the perpetual work Of Thy creation, finish'd, yet renew'd Forever. Written on Thy works I read The lesson of...beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly than their ancestors Moulder beneath them. O, there is not lost One of Earth's charms : upon her bosom... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1914 - 282 pages
...on, 70 In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own...eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see again, 75 How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its... | |
 | John Rutledge Scott - 1915 - 694 pages
...me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on In silence round me — the perpetual work Of Thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written...on Thy works I read The lesson of Thy own eternity. — Bryant — A Forest Hymn. 5. I wish the snow would melt, and the sun come out on high: I long to... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - American literature - 1915 - 680 pages
...when I think 70 Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written...on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. 75 Lo ! all grow old and die — but see again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses... | |
 | John Rutledge Scott - Elocution - 1915 - 692 pages
...me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on In silence round me — the perpetual work Of Thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written...on Thy works I read The lesson of Thy own eternity. — Bryant — A Forest Hymn. 5. There's not a flower on all the hills: the frost is on the pane: I... | |
 | Readers - 1916 - 492 pages
...me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of Thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written...lofty trees Wave not less proudly that their ancestors Molder beneath them. Oh! there is not lost One of earth's charms! ****** O God! when Thou Dost scare... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - American poetry - 1917 - 410 pages
...on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see again, 75 How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses...lofty trees Wave not less proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. Oh, there is not lost so One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the... | |
 | James Malcolm - New York (State) - 1917 - 516 pages
...mature tree must make way for younger life. Bryant in his " Forest Hymn " expresses the great truth: Lo! all grow old and die, but see again How on the faltering footsteps of decay youth presses. There should be the closest State supervision by capable and well-paid officers, who should have permanent... | |
 | Maud Cuney-Hare - Trees in literature - 1918 - 218 pages
...me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written...lofty trees Wave not less proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. Oh, there is not lost One of earth's charms: upon her bosom yet, After the flight... | |
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Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of Decay Youth presses — ever gay and beautiful Youth, In all its beautiful forms. 
