 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 - Page 3671823Full view - About this book
 | John Relly Beard - 1848 - 652 pages
...Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign I And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet...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. RAMAH (H. elevation),... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1849 - 276 pages
...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 On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the... | |
 | 1850 - 340 pages
...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...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 Unraptured greet thy... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 374 pages
...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 350 pages
...shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth, to watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lusti-e smiled o'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held...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 the... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1862 - 716 pages
...shine, How came the world's grey father» forth To watch thy sacred sign I And when Its yellow rastre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held...the bow of God. Methinks thy Jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth delivered from the ¿сер. , And the first poet sang. ВАМЛН... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...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...the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth, delivered from the tieep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1863 - 420 pages
...covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! 246 Aml when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod,...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... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...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...mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. Mcthinks thy jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang, On earth delivered from the deep, And the... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 348 pages
...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...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... | |
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