 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. 5. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...holy ground, The soil where first they trod : They left unstained what there they found — FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD ! QUESTIONS. — J. Describe the waves,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...manhood's brow serenely high, . And the fiery heart of youth. 136 A CHILD'S FIRST IMPRESSION OF A STAR. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...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 mine...spoils of war ?— They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they... | |
 | 1846 - 302 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...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... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association - 1846 - 574 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1846 - 322 pages
...surprise and pleasure. The spell was ended all too soon, as the last solemn notes died away, — " Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they...unstained, what there they found, Freedom to worship God ! " Her gratified hearer could not refrain from advancing to the side of this bright daughter of the... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1923 - 592 pages
...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Of the latter type were our true American forefathers. "Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they...unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God !" Thus does the poet describe the Pilgrims. The Mayflower Compact, adopted by them, was the first... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 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?...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,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...New England shore. (1. 5—8) 5 What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealthy on a Wicked Bishop 1 Then when he saw it could hold no more, Bish 207 POETRY QUOTATIONS 208 Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod; They have left unstained... | |
 | Edmund Carpenter - 2007 - 132 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
