 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 Bible Christian VOLUME VI.-Third Series - Pàgina 366per The Bible Christian VOLUME VI.-Third Series - 1844Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Wilton Rix - 1837 - 278 pàgines
...and momentous in its objects and results. " 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. * Wils. Diss. Ch. i. 33. f Mather's New England, bip 6. Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 492 pàgines
...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 pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 426 pàgines
...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 unstain'd what there they found Freedom to worship God. BREATHINGS OF SPRING. WHAT wak'st thou, Spring?... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pàgines
...waves' foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared : — This was their welcome home. And this was holy ground, — The soil where first they trod. They...what there they found, — FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD ! EXERCISES ON TONE. MONOTONE. Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1839 - 452 pàgines
...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 foundFreedom to worship God. BREATHINGS OF SPRING. WnATwak'stthou, Spring? — sweet voices in the... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1840 - 186 pàgines
...diffidence, to the indulgence of tlie courteous reader. , WITCH OF NEW ENGLAND. CHAPTER I. " Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod: They...what there they found, — Freedom to worship God." NEW ENGLAND scenery is said to be deficient in romantic and poetic associations. It is said that we... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pàgines
...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 foundFreedom to worship God ! LESSON XCVI. Hymn for the second Centennial Celebration of the Settlement... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 350 pàgines
...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 pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trode : They have left unstain'd what there they... | |
 | Thomas Gage - 1840 - 530 pàgines
...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 pure shrine" And should not this, at every necessary expense and labor, be our grand object, both for ourselves... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1840 - 342 pàgines
...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 pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trode. They have left unstain'd what there they... | |
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