 | 1901 - 604 pages
...Kansas Emigrant ' the spirited song commencing — ' We cross the prairie as of old The Pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free.' VOL. OXCIU. NO. OOOXGV. 0 was popularly spoken of as the ' Keystone State '). Buchanan was certain... | |
 | 1858 - 690 pages
...day of Pentecost. This is the Emigrants' Song: " We cross the prairies as of old Onr fathers cross'd the sea, To make the West as they the East, The homestead...Southern line, And plant beside the cotton-tree The rugged Northern pine ! We go to plant our common schools On distant prairie swells, And give the Sabbaths... | |
 | 1854 - 588 pages
...gonfalon Shall Bout the sitting sun ! We'll sweep the prairie as of old Our fathers swept the sea, And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free ! othyand clover made af;iir show, bu>tnow there is an exuberant growth of clover and chess, about... | |
 | 1855 - 936 pages
...gonfalon Shall flout the setting яш ! We'll sweep the prairie, as of old Our fathers swept the sea, And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free I iaw Church Bella on the Pacific. I bear once more those mournful bell« Break on the Sabbath air,... | |
 | 1857 - 212 pages
...ee^~ 150 w. 15| -,-0огЙРЕ|ЕГЕЕЕ^Е| 1. We cross the prairie as of old The Pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free— To 2. We go to rear a wall of men On freedom's southern line, And plant beside the cotton tree The... | |
 | 1858 - 688 pages
...day of Pentecost. This is the Emigrants' Song: " We cross the prairies as of old Our fathers cross'd the sea, To make the West as they the East, The homestead...Southern line, And plant beside the cotton-tree The rugged Northern pine ! We go to plant our common schools On distant prairie swells. And give the Sabbaths... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 pages
...gonfalon Shall flout the setting sun 1 We '11 sweep the prairie, as of old Our fathers swept the sea, And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free ! STANZAS TO THE UNITED STATES. Adapted from Tait's Magazine. Too long it hath been said and sung,... | |
 | James Redpath - 1860 - 436 pages
...Puritans, — who had crossed the sea for the same purpose that they were now crossing the prairie : " To make the West as they the East, The Homestead of the Free." • inquired if Wm. Thompson* was there. He found him, and they left the camp together. The Captain... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...the angels say, Well done ! THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS. WE cross the prairie as of old The pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free I We go to rear a wall of men On Freedom's southern line And plant beside the cotton-tree The rugged... | |
 | Rebekah Wheeler Pomeroy Bulkley - 1865 - 212 pages
...manifold mercies." CHAPTER VIII. LIFE IK KANSAS. " Wo cross the prairies, as of old The pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the west, as they the east, The homestead...southern line, And plant beside the cotton-tree The rugged Northern pine. " We're flowing from our native hills As our free rivers flow ; The blessing... | |
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WE cross the prairie as of old The pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free... 
