| Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 páginas
...were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye,...spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy around. — The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they... | |
| George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 526 páginas
...men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : — Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye,...spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure shrine! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trode, They have left unstained, what there they... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 páginas
...men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : .^. Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye,...the mine ? The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? — Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 páginas
...hair, Amid that pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land t There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar 7 Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 1 They sought a faith's pure shrine... | |
| Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 652 páginas
...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... | |
| Lilly May Shaw - 1954 - 308 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band: — Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye,...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,... | |
| Edmund Carpenter - 2007 - 132 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 foundFreedom... | |
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