 | The Bible Christian VOLUME VI.-Third Series - 1844 - 448 Seiten
...company may be applied the stirring stanza— " What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the main ? The wealth of seas? 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... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - 1845 - 498 Seiten
...white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared, — This was their welcome home ! 4 What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine'!...unstained what there they found : Freedom to worship God. 894. LM 6 1,. MONTGOMERY. Humility. 1 THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her... | |
 | William Ives Budington - 1845 - 276 Seiten
...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...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left uustain'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! " But a wild and savage home was not the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...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...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found— Freedom to worship God ! BERNARDO DEL CARPIO. TRE warrior bow'd... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...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...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left undimm'd what there they foundFreedom to worship God ! MBS. HEMANS. THE BLIND CHILD. WHERE'S the Blind... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1845 - 382 Seiten
...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...spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left unstain'd what there they... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 Seiten
...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 mine?...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 Seiten
...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...spoils of war? They sought — a faith's pure shrine! Aye, call it holy ground, The soil — where first they trod! [found— They have left, unstained —... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 Seiten
...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—...spoils of war ? They sought — a faith's pure shrine! Aye, c»ll it holy ground. The roil— where first they irod' [found— They have left, untwined—... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...-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...seas, the spoils of war ? They sought — a faith's pare shrine! Aye, cnll it holy ground. The soil— where first they trod ! [round— They have left,... | |
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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 ; There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the... 
