The groves were God's first temples.

Quote by William Cullen Bryant

Topics: God Quotes

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...

That rolls to its appointed end.

That rolls to its appointed end.

The moon is at her full, and, riding high, Floods the calm fields with light....

The moon is at her full, and, riding high, Floods the calm fields with light....

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile...

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile...

The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still...

The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still...

Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away

Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of...

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of...

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

No man was every so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

No man was every so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...