 | Cheshire Pastoral Association - 1846 - 574 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...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship God. 894. LM 6 L. Humility. 1... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim-band ; — Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's...brow serenely high, . And the fiery heart of youth. 136 A CHILD'S FIRST IMPRESSION OF A STAR. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ?... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...This was their welcome home ! 4. There were men with hoary hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band : ' Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. 5. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war... | |
 | Robert William Dale - 1846 - 160 pages
...Protector, and thus is the land recognised as the temple of the Lord, built up by his own hands. " What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war: They sought a Faith's pure shrine. " Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...— This was their weleome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim-band — Why hod they come to wither there Away from their childhood's...Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's hrow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the... | |
 | Lilly May Shaw - 1954 - 308 pages
...story of the landing is developed very quickly as the poem consists of only five stanzas. It ends: What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine1.. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod t They have left unstained what there... | |
 | 1854 - 1184 pages
...linir Amidst that pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's lend ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar P Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...— This was their welcome home! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band: — Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod: They have left unstained what there they found, — Freedom to worship God. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (1849-1903)... | |
 | Edmund Carpenter - 2007 - 132 pages
...can truly charge that religious oppression or intolerance was ever a part of their creed or practice. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of wax? They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod: They... | |
 | William J. Bennett - 1997 - 392 pages
...that pilgrim band: Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was a woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth;...spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine! Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod; They have left unstained what there they... | |
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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... 
