And make His presence known. The exalted task
Thy wisdom worthily performed.
William Hodson.
The groves were God’s first temples. Ere man learned
To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,
And spread the root 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