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 ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's... Proceedings - Sida 103efter Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1897Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 sidor
...that pilgrim band: j . Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? , Their was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth;...what there they found — Freedom to worship God! THE AMERICAN FOREST GIRL.— Mrs. Hemans. WILDLY and mournfully the Indian drum On the deep hush of moonlight... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 sidor
...Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, Their was woman's fearless eye, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus...what there they found— Freedom to worship God! THE AMERICAN FOREST GIRL.—Mrs. Hemans. WILDLY and mournfully the Indian drum On the deep hush of moonlight... | |
| Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 sidor
...1 They sought a faith's j>ure shrine. 10. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod 1 They have left unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship God ! — MRS. HBMANB LESSON CIV. The Hypocrite. 1. GREAT day of revelation ! in the grave The hypocrite... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1836 - 472 sidor
...seas, the spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The »oil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what...there they found — Freedom to worship God ! [The« glorious verse« will find an echo in the breart of every true descendant of the Pilgrims; and give... | |
| The Bible Christian VOLUME VI.-Third Series - 1844 - 448 sidor
...of the main ? The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine! Aye—call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod; They...what there they found— Freedom to worship God!" The constitution of the new settlement was marked by many peculiarities, far in advance of that age, and... | |
| 1846 - 318 sidor
...as the last solemn notes died away, — " Aye, call it holy ground, The aoil where first they Irod : They have left 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... | |
| Mary Anna Fox - 1847 - 146 sidor
...rather than to remain at home, in ease and comfort, at the price of their religious opinions ; and ' They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.' But I am making you wait a long time for your story, my dear children, though you are very patient.... | |
| George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 526 sidor
...? — 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 found — Freedom to worship God. THE PALM TREE.* IT waved not through an eastern sky, Beside a fount of Araby; It was not fanned by southern... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 412 sidor
...planted the groves and the orchards, whose rich fruitage has blessed and cheered their posterity. " They have left unstained what there they found, — Freedom to worship God !" About the year 1735, or shortly thereafter, the emigrants from Ireland " sought the wilds of America... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 414 sidor
...planted the groves and the orchards, whose rich fruitage has blessed and cheered their posterity. " They have left unstained what there they found, — Freedom to worship God !" About the year 1735, or shortly thereafter, the emigrants from Ireland " sought the wilds of America... | |
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