 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...silence and in fear ; They shook the depths of the desert's gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer. 3. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared... | |
 | 1918 - 758 pages
...silence and in fear, — • They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. "Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. "Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...silence and in fear, — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ! And the sounding aisles of the dim wood rang To the anthems of the free ! The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam,... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...silence, and in fear : — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and...sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang The ocean-eagle soared From his nest, by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 pages
...silence; and in fear : — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and...the dim woods rang To the 'anthem of the free. The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's fonm, And the rocking pines of the forest roared... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1848 - 390 pages
...patient, submissive hearts, from men in resolution and endurance, children in faith and obedience. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and...aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free ! with woods, as indeed the whole shores of Plymouth harbor seem to have been wooded, down to the brink... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 pages
...silence and in fear; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...sea : And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang The ocean eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam ; And the rocking pines of the forest... | |
 | 1848 - 464 pages
...souls. And there, upon that cold and rugged cliff, when prayer had ceased, strange as it may seem, — " they sang ! And the stars heard, and the sea, And the sounding isles of the dim woods rang To the anthems of the free." Yes, from their knees they rose, and with... | |
 | 1849 - 478 pages
...silence and in fear ; They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. 3 Amidst the storm they sang ; And the stars heard,...the forest roared, — This was their welcome home ! 4 What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1849 - 420 pages
...silence and in fear, — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free ! The ocean-eagle soar'd From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd... | |
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Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear, — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of... 
