 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
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1836 - 472 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...high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thns afar? Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's... | |
 | Mary Clark - 1836 - 192 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...brow, serenely high, .And the fiery heart of youth. Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war ?— What sought they thus afar?... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 256 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...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. Prisoners' Evening Hymn. 45 What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 236 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...love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ?—... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 492 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... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 416 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...the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar 1 Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Samuel Wilton Rix - 1837 - 278 Seiten
...truly noble 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... | |
 | Samuel Wilton RIX - 1837 - 280 Seiten
...truly noble 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... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1838 - 40 Seiten
...hair, Amidst that Pilgrim band — Why had they come to wither thereAway from their childhood's laud I "There was woman's fearless eye, > Lit by her deep...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth." They had not indeed been driven to seek "a faith's pure shrine;"" but they had come voluntarily to... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1839 - 346 Seiten
...! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; — Why 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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