 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - Liczba stron: 212
...their homes, and with their families they sought independence in the savage deserts of North America. 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.* The Rev. Cotton Mather, an evangelical... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - Liczba stron: 212
...homes, and with their families they sought independence in the savage deserts of North America. Wliat sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine— The wealth of seas—the spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine.* The Rev. Cotton Mather, an evangelical... | |
 | 1844 - Liczba stron: 504
...forget almost that we listen to a trans-Atlantic bard—she seems in a sense our own, as she sings, " What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war?— They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, The spot where once they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they found—... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - Liczba stron: 602
...the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home! 7 What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure shrine! 8 Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - Liczba stron: 576
...the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home! 7 What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure shrine! 8 Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - Liczba stron: 582
...the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home! 7 What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine! 8 Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - Liczba stron: 672
...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...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:... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1844 - Liczba stron: 492
...was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. 9. What sought they thus afar v 1 Bright jewels of the mine' ? The wealth of seas',...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... | |
 | The Bible Christian VOLUME VI.-Third Series - 1844 - Liczba stron: 448
...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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - Liczba stron: 540
...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...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left undimm'd what there they found—... | |
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And the .fiery heart 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. Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod : They left unstained what... 
