• The groves were God’s first temples. Ere man learned
    To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,
    And spread the roof above them—ere he framed
    The lofty vault, to gather and roll back
    The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood,
    Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down,
    And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks
    And supplication. For his...

  •   THE Groves were God’s first temples. Ere man learned
    To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,
    And spread the roof above them,—ere he framed
    The lofty vault, to gather and roll back
    The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood,
    Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down,
    And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks
    And supplication. For his...