 What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom...  Voices of the True-hearted - Page 671846 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio - Ohio - 1839 - 356 pages
...hair, Amidst that Pilgrim band— Why had they come to wither there Away from their childhood': land? " There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...brow serenely high. And the fiery heart of youth." They had not indeed been driven to seek " a faith's pure shrine;" but they had come voluntarily to... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...hair Amid that pilgrim-band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they foundFreedom to worship God ! THE GRAVE OF KORNEE. GREEN wave the oak for... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 350 pages
...Amidst that pilgrim band ; — Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trode : They have left unstain'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God. THE SPIRIT'S MYSTERIES.... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1840 - 342 pages
...! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; — Why had they come to wither there, There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trode. They have left unstain'd what there they foundFreedom to worship God. THE SPIRIT'S MYSTERIES.... | |
 | Thomas Gage - Rowley (Mass. : Town) - 1840 - 526 pages
...hair, Amidst the pilgrim band : Why had they come to wither here, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine " And should not this, at every necessary expense and labor, be our grand object, both for ourselves... | |
 | Barnstable (Mass.) - Barnstable (Mass.) - 1840 - 148 pages
...the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home! What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God! IV PRAYER, BY EEV. FREEMAN PARKER,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...hair Amid that pilgrim-band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land 1 There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine T The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 7 — They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...Amidst that pilgrim-band : Why had they come to wither there Away from their childhood's land ? 19 » There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar 1 — Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - Salem (Mass.) - 1840 - 186 pages
...with much diffidence, to the indulgence of tlie courteous reader. , WITCH OF NEW ENGLAND. CHAPTER I. " Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they...what there they found, — Freedom to worship God." NEW ENGLAND scenery is said to be deficient in romantic and poetic associations. It is said that we... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 578 pages
...Amidst that Pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? " ' There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.' " They had not indeed been driven to seek a 'faith's pure shrine ' ; but they had come voluntarily... | |
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