 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...home. There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : Thy had they come to wither there, There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...— The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! • "• -<* WORKS OF THE CORAL INSECS&O... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 pages
...rocking pines of the forest roared : — This was their welcome home. Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's...And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afnr? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1836 - 472 pages
...home I There 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...high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thns afar? Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's... | |
 | Mary Clark - 1836 - 192 pages
...home. There 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...brow, serenely high, .And the fiery heart of youth. Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war ?— What sought they thus afar?... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 256 pages
...home ! There 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...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. Prisoners' Evening Hymn. 45 What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 236 pages
...home ! There 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...love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ?—... | |
 | William Brigham - 1836 - 52 pages
...and the savage foe, and finally to establish, sustain, and transmit, the institutions we now enjoy. ' Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.' An incorrect estimate of the future growth... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 426 pages
...! There 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...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found Freedom to worship God. BREATHINGS OF SPRING. WHAT wak'st thou, Spring?... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 416 pages
...! There 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...the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar 1 Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Samuel Wilton Rix - 1837 - 278 pages
...difficult to conceive of an expedition more truly noble and momentous in its objects and results. " What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine...spoils of war ?— They sought a faith's pure shrine. * Wils. Diss. Ch. i. 33. f Mather's New England, bip 6. Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first... | |
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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... 
