 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - Society of Friends - 1848 - 652 pages
...to a world of darkness turned, Beyond a world of waves." — SPRAOUE. "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." — HEMANS. PURITANISM was, as those who embraced it believed,... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar 7 Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 1 They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 478 pages
...rocking pines of the forest roared, — This was their welcome home ! 4 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... | |
 | 1849 - 168 pages
...Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war ? T— They sought a faith's pure shrine." Such a one was Richard Haven. He sought neither the wealth... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1849 - 420 pages
...There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of 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 ! Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod... | |
 | Anne (Aunt.) - Christian life - 1849 - 440 pages
...They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. 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... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1850 - 528 pages
...source of their actions with truer inspiration, when she exclaims : — " 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 American historian assigns juster motives, however, for the... | |
 | Isaac Baker Woodbury - Anthems - 1850 - 352 pages
...the rooking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home! 4 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... | |
 | Erastus Darrow - 1850 - 104 pages
...They shook the depths of their forest home With songs of lofty cheer ! 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." Thank God that our fathers did seek, on this desart shore, freedom... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...There was manhood's hrow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of 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 ! Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They... | |
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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... 
