 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 to...  The Biblical treasury - Seite 341872Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 Seiten
...home. There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless...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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...home! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim baud : Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; 'here was manhood's brow serenely high> And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ?... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 180 Seiten
...There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : — Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless...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... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 Seiten
...hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band — Why had they cometo wither there Away from their childhood's land1? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar 1 Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 1 — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 512 Seiten
...There were men with hoary hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band — Why had they come to wither there Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless...And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar1) Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 1 — They sought a faith's... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 Seiten
...hair Amid that pilgrim band : Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? 8. There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...brow serenely high. And the fiery heart of youth. 9. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war 1... | |
 | William Allen - 1835 - 812 Seiten
...manhood's brow serenely high, There fiery heat of youth. 5 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 ! 6 Aye, call it holy ground, — The soil, where first they trod ! They've left unstain'd what there... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 240 Seiten
...! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 Seiten
...pines of the forest roared : — This was their welcome home. Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless...And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afnr? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 Seiten
...home. There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : Thy had they come to wither there, There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...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... | |
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