 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...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...mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang, On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the... | |
 | C. Palfrey - Liberalism (Religion) - 1840 - 754 pages
...Heaven's covenant, them didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth, To watch the sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet...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... | |
 | Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 318 pages
...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...mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain,... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...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 her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang, On earth, delivered from the deep, And the... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Bible - 1841 - 390 pages
...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...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 pages
...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 her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 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... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - 332 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...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, Each mother held alofl her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang.... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - English poetry - 1844 - 274 pages
...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...mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. Methinks thy jubilee to keep The first-made anthem rang, On earth delivered from the deep, And the... | |
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How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. 
