 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
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1849 - 420 pages
...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 ! Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstain'd what there they... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 478 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Anne (Aunt.) - Christian life - 1849 - 440 pages
...silence and in fear ; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. 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... | |
 | 1849 - 168 pages
...hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; 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... | |
 | Isaac Baker Woodbury - Anthems - 1850 - 352 pages
...the white wave's foam, And the rooking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home! 4 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 trod ! They have left unstained what there they... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1850 - 528 pages
...English poetess has caught the source of their actions with truer inspiration, when she exclaims : — " What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine...spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine!" The American historian assigns juster motives, however, for the final decision of the Pilgrims to abandon... | |
 | Lilly May Shaw - 1954 - 308 pages
...story of the landing is developed very quickly as the poem consists of only five stanzas. It ends: What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine1.. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod t They have left unstained what there... | |
 | 1854 - 1184 pages
...There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar P 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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 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 trod: They have left unstained what there they found,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...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... | |
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