 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
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 600 pages
...Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land 1 " ' There was woman's fearlero eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood'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... | |
 | 1846 - 872 pages
...hair 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...— The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found CHASING BUTTERFLIES! " I HAVE you now !" exclaimed Henry, as running... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1842 - 336 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 foundFreedom to worship God. THE SPIRIT'S MYSTERIES.... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 334 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 foundFreedom to worship God. THE SPIRIT'S MYSTERIES.... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 482 pages
...And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd : This was their welcome home. What sought they thus afart Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas ? —...holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They left unstaiu'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! 118 NEW ORLEANS, OR THE SONS OF THE... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - 218 pages
...their homes, and with their families they sought independence in the savage deserts of North America. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine.* The Rev. Cotton Mather, an evangelical minister of Boston, in his Ecclesiastical History of New England,... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - 206 pages
...homes, and with their families they sought independence in the savage deserts of North America. Wliat sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine.* The Rev. Cotton Mather, an evangelical minister of Boston, in his Ecclesiastical History of New England.... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...hair, 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. 5. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of sens ? the spoils of war... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...What sought they thus afar t Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas ? — the spoils of war 1 They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They left unstain'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! 118 NEW ORLEANS, OR THE SONS OF THE... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 486 pages
...the rocking pines of the forest roar'd : This was their welcome home. What sought they thus afar 1 Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas ? — the spoils of war t They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They... | |
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