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... Songs of the Free and Hymns of Christian Freedom - Page 35by Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 227 lehteFull view - About this book
| 1836 - 498 lehte
...wind, 'Xis the long grass that covers the Puritan's grave. BWB THE PILGRIM FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND. " 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." Hemans. THEV bad left their... | |
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...Lit by her deep love's tnilh ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! GRIMM'S GHOST. - LETTER XXVIU. Dignum and his Times. THE luminous and voluminous Gibbon, in his Memoirs,... | |
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...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 mine...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! 4. PRAYER. By the REV. PETER... | |
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...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...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left undimin'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! New Monthly Mag. THE... | |
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...deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What songht they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They songht a faith's pure shrine Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! GRIMM S GHOST.... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 lehte
...There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! [ These glorious verses... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1826 - 502 lehte
...There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! [ These glorious verses... | |
| 1826 - 524 lehte
...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...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left undiinm'd what there they foundFreedom to worship God. An Addreis to a Redbreast which... | |
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...There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found— Freedom to worship God ! [ These glorious verses... | |
| William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 lehte
...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...wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? — They sought for Faith's pure shrine ' Aye ! call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left... | |
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