 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...  Elementary English... - Page 127by Lillian Gertrude Kimball - 1911Full view - About this book
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association - Hymns, English - 1846 - 574 pages
...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... | |
 | Gift books - 1846 - 404 pages
...MISSIONARY MEMORIAL: LITERARY AND RELIGIOUS SOUVENIR. WHAT SOUGHT THEY THUS AKAR .-* BRIGHT JEWELS OF 'I Hi; MINE :' THE WEALTH OF SEAS, THE SPOILS OF WAR?— THEY SOUGHT A FAITH 'g PURE SHRINE!" MRS. HEMANI. NEW YORK: E. WALKER, 114 FULTON STREET. M DCCC XLVI. " '.."—-•... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...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 around. — The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - Society of Friends - 1848 - 652 pages
...father's hallowed graves ; And to a world of darkness turned, Beyond a world of waves." — SPRAOUE. "What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine." — HEMANS. PURITANISM was, as those who embraced it believed, a protest of right against wrong, of... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 526 pages
...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! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trode, They have left unstained, what there they... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - Boston (Mass.) - 1848 - 340 pages
...fathers' hallowed graves ; And to a world of darkness turned, Beyond a world of waves." — SPRAGUE. " What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine." — HEMANS. PURITANISM was, as those who embraced it believed, a protest of right against wrong, of... | |
 | Christian literature, American - 1848 - 412 pages
...MEMORIAL. 'AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, oo YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND FBEACH TIM GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE." "WHAT SOUGHT THEY THUS AFAR? BRIGHT JEWELS OF THE...THE SPOILS OF WAR' — THEY SOUGHT A FAITH'S PURE PHRINE :'' MRS. I1EMASK. NEW YORK: E. WALKER, 114 FULTON STREET. M DCCC XLVIII. y Entered according... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1848 - 348 pages
...of woodland rang. With an - thems of the free. The ocean •• 4. What sought they thus a - far ? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine! Ay, call it 643 !£-" 6 6 Second Kntlinc for lam Stimui. - 1~~~ ~^ T~~i 1 1~ T^""* T'~^~'~IT _ F~ hills... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 pages
...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 ? The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? — Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there... | |
 | 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... | |
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