 | United States - 1825 - 398 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 mine...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod Î They left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! 4. PRAYER. By the REV. PETER... | |
 | 1825 - 648 pages
...was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What soucht they thus afar ? Bricht jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils...faith's pure shrine ! Ay. call it holy ground, The soil whrrc flrst they trod ! They have left uudimm'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God !... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1826 - 528 pages
...There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found— Freedom to worship God! [ These glorious verses will find an echo... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...ocean-eagle soar'd From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd— What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found— Freedom to worship God ! [ These glorious verses will find an echo... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found— Freedom to worship God! [ These glorious verses will find an echo... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band— Why had they come to wither there Away from their childhood's land ? What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...ground, The soil where first they trod .' They have left unstain'd what there they found— freedom to worship God ! [These glorious verses will God an echo... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1828 - 342 pages
...Lit hy 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...call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! THE SPIRIT'S MYSTERIES. And slight, withal, may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 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...a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground,— They have left unstained what there they foundFreedom to worship God! The soil where first they trod... | |
 | Charles Williams - Geography - 1828 - 946 pages
...MEMORIAL: LITERARY AND RELIGIOUS SOUVENIR. * WHAT SOUGHT THEY THUS AKAR ? BRIGHT JEWELS OF THK MINK? THE WEALTH OF SEAS, THE SPOILS OF WAR?— THEY SOUGHT A FAITH'S PURE SHRINK!" MRS. BBMANS. NEW YORK: E. WALKER, 114 FULTON STREET. M DCCCXLVI. TB1 PUBLIC 8745611 B 10-10... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...There was manhood's brow serenely high, Their was woman's fearless eye, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...unstained 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... | |
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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... 
