 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...  The Poetical Work of Mrs. Felicia Hemans - Page 67by Mrs. Hemans - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association - Hymns, English - 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...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship God. 894. LM 6 L. Humility. 1 THE bird that soars... | |
 | Robert William Dale - 1846 - 160 pages
...Protector, and thus is the land recognised as the temple of the Lord, built up by his own hands. " What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war: They sought a Faith's pure shrine. " Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | 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...spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod : They left unstained what there they found... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1918 - 758 pages
...the stars heard and the sea! And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. "Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God." But the assertion of any individual right... | |
 | New England - 1846 - 318 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 trod: They have left unstained, what there they found, Freedom to worship God! " Her gratified hearer could not refrain... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - Bar associations - 1923 - 592 pages
...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 trod ! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God !" Thus does the poet describe the Pilgrims.... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - New England - 1875 - 472 pages
...back. : . — -- THE PlLGRIMS' FIRST ENCOUNTER. CHAPTER XVIII. PLYMOUTH, CLARK'S ISLAND, AND DUXBURY. "Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left nnstain'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God!" — MRS. HEMANS. 1" ET us now take a walk... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 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?...ground, The soil where first they trod: They have left unstained what there they found, — Freedom to worship God. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (1849-1903) HENLEY... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 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 - Massachusetts - 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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