 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...  Theodric: A Domestic Tale, and Other Poems - Page 53by Thomas Campbell - 1824 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fashion - 472 pages
...robe of beams Was woven in the sky. " When o'er the green undelnged earth, Heaven's covenant, thon didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth...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. " Methlnlu,... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...earth, Heaven's covenant them didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To wateh thy saered sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To hless the how of God. Methinks, thy juhilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth deliver'd... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...heams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To hless the how of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang On earth, delivered... | |
 | Gething - 1838 - 426 pages
...fabled 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 grey father's forth To watch thy sacred sign. And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod,... | |
 | Henry Duncan - God - 1839 - 422 pages
...celebrated poet alluded to this sublime and paternal declaration, in his address to the Rainbow : — " When, o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! " And, while its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...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 sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. 36 TO THE RAINBOW. When o'er the great undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers ftrth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Bach... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1840 - 376 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Fitz - Sermons - 1840 - 512 pages
...fill'st the sky, When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy 90 THE FIAT OF OMNIPOTENCE. "When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's Covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! " And faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...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 sacred sign > And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet... | |
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