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The earth is one great temple, made For worship everywhere; And its flowers are the bells, in glen and glade, That ring the heart to prayer. A solemn preacher is the breeze; At noon or twilight dim, The ancient trees give homilies— The river hath a hymn. For the city bell takes seven days To reach the townsman’s ear, But he who kneels in nature’s ways, Hath sabbath all the year.
The earth is one great temple, made For worship everywhere; And its flowers are the bells, in glen and glade, That ring the heart to prayer. A solemn preacher is the breeze; At noon or twilight dim, The ancient trees give homilies— The river hath a hymn. For the city bell takes seven days To reach the townsman’s ear, But he who kneels in nature’s ways, Hath sabbath all the year.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- T. K. Hervey (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 692 · printed citation: T. K. Hervey · subject: WORSHIP
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