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
| Frances Sankstone Mintz - 1909 - 242 sidor
...What sought they thus afar 1 Bright jewels of the minel The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 1 — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy...what there they found — Freedom to worship God. THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING THE winter brought many hardships to the Pilgrims, but when the warm weather... | |
| 1877 - 438 sidor
...me reoeat a verse of a poem written by Mrs. Hemans on this subject : " What sought they thus afar ? They have left unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship God ! " ' 'Thank you so much, Heater,' said Teddy; 'I have often heard you sing that, and never knew what... | |
| James Baldwin, Ida Catherine Bender - 1911 - 274 sidor
...the white wave's foam ; And the rocking pines of the forest roared, — This was their welcome home! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...what there they found Freedom to worship God. THE ORIGIN OF THANKSGIVING DAY Our American Thanksgiving Day is not a thing peculiar to our own country.... | |
| Maude Morrison Frank - 1911 - 216 sidor
...of funny women and droll men. 29 The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide. 30. They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! 39. Conjugation of the verb to call in the Active Voice, the Passive Voice, and the Progressive Form... | |
| Delbert Moyer Staley - 1914 - 378 sidor
...the white waves' foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared; — this was their welcome home. There were men with hoary hair amidst that pilgrim...there they found, — freedom to worship God! THE SEA Barry Cornwatt. The sea, the sea, the open sea, The blue, the fresh, the ever free; Without a mark,... | |
| Thomas Williams Bicknell - 1915 - 248 sidor
...of seas? The spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine." "Aye call it holy ground The place where first they trod, They have left unstained what there they found Freedom to worship God." The fact cannot be too strongly emphasized, that the cardinal doctrines of the Puritan body in England... | |
| Ella Flagg Young, Walter Taylor Field - 1915 - 392 sidor
...war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! 15 They have left unstained what there they found— Freedom to worship God. QUESTIONS AND HELPS 1. Tell or write what you can about the author of this poem. 2. Tell or write as... | |
| Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1917 - 328 sidor
...of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine! 10 Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod...what there they found — Freedom to worship God! The Palmetto and the Pine Virginia L. French Generally speaking, the words of this poem should be delivered... | |
| Paul Monroe, Irving Elgar Miller - 1918 - 366 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 FIRST LANDING AT PLYMOUTH1 WILLIAM BRADFORD (1590-1657) Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought... | |
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