 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...  Voices of the True-hearted - 67 ページ1846 - 288 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - 212 ページ
...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... | |
 | 1843 - 368 ページ
...hair Amid that pilgrim-band ; 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...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 !... | |
 | 1843 - 184 ページ
...Amid that pilgrim band ; — 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...manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youthWhat sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 602 ページ
...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 - 576 ページ
...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 - 672 ページ
...jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine ! 8 Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they...unstained what there they found: Freedom to worship God. 170 CMJQ ADAMS. ffesst of tje 30flgrfms. 1 WHEN, o'er the hillow-heaving deep, The fathers of our race,... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 582 ページ
...jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine ! 8 Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they...unstained what there they found : Freedom to worship God. 170 CMJQ ADAMS. jffeast of tfje $rtjjrfms. 1 WHEN, o'er the billow-heaving deep, The fathers of our... | |
 | 1845 - 632 ページ
...may we say in the language of the poetess : — Xo. What sought they thus afar ! Bright jewels — bright jewels of the mine — The wealth of seas —...spoils of war ?' ' They sought a faith's pure shrine I ' And, by the blessing of God, they built that shrine — they watched over and kept it by night... | |
 | The Bible Christian VOLUME VI.-Third Series - 1844 - 448 ページ
...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... | |
 | William Ives Budington - 1845 - 276 ページ
...Amidst that pilgrim band — 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...ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left uustain'd what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! " But a wild and savage home was not the... | |
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