 | Joshua Coffin - 1845 - 438 halaman
...striking contrast with their log habitations and their rustic fare, the inquiry would naturally arise, ' What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? They sought a pure faith's shrine.' This was the mainspring of all their movements, the secret of their indomitable... | |
 | 1827 - 516 halaman
...Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heat of youth. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They sought for faith's pure shrine! Yes! call it Holy Ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left unstain'd... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 halaman
...There was manhood's Irow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. 9. What-sought they thus afar7 Bright jewels of the mine'} The wealth of seas ? the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine. 10. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | 1846 - 302 halaman
...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...unstained what there they found ; Freedom to worship God. DIETETIC REFORM. BY JAMES SELLERS, JE. "A few nerves hardly visible on the surface of the tongue, create... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association - 1846 - 574 halaman
...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...unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship God. 894. LM 6 L. Humility. 1 THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ;... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1923 - 592 halaman
...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...unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God !" Thus does the poet describe the Pilgrims. The Mayflower Compact, adopted by them, was the first... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 halaman
...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?...what there they found, — Freedom to worship God. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (1849-1903) HENLEY WAS born in Gloucester, England. Tuberculosis as a child forced... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 halaman
...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 - 2007 - 132 halaman
...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... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - 1995 - 542 halaman
...her poem on the "Pilgrim Fathers," the last stanzas of which is '' Ay, call it holy ground, The Boil where first they trod, They have left unstained, what there they found, Freedom to worship God." IV. GEORGE RUGGLE, AUTHOR OF SOME EARLY PUBLICATIONS UPON THE VIRGINIA COLONY. George Ruggle, late... | |
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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... 
