 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 truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...  Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School - Page 135by Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 430 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...roared — 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...love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine ? — The wealth... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...roared : — 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...love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 526 pages
...Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine...Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trode, They have left unstained, what there they found — Freedom to worship God. THE PALM TREE.*... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 pages
...roared : — 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...love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 pages
...roared — 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...love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 340 pages
...fathers' hallowed graves ; And to a world of darkness turned, Beyond a world of waves." — SPRAGUE. " What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine." — HEMANS. PURITANISM was, as those who embraced it believed, a protest of right against wrong, of... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 652 pages
...father's hallowed graves ; And to a world of darkness turned, Beyond a world of waves." — SPRAOUE. "What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine." — HEMANS. PURITANISM was, as those who embraced it believed, a protest of right against wrong, of... | |
 | 1848 - 412 pages
...MEMORIAL. 'AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, oo YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND FBEACH TIM GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE." "WHAT SOUGHT THEY THUS AFAR? BRIGHT JEWELS OF THE...THE SPOILS OF WAR' — THEY SOUGHT A FAITH'S PURE PHRINE :'' MRS. I1EMASK. NEW YORK: E. WALKER, 114 FULTON STREET. M DCCC XLVIII. y Entered according... | |
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