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 worship... Macleod's First text-book of elocution - 第37页作者:Alfred Macleod - 1877全本阅读 - 图书信息
| Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 页
...the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared : — This was their welcome home. There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...the mine ? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy around. — The soil where first they trod... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 页
...the white wave's fonm, And the rocking pines of the forest roared : — This was their welcome home. There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...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... | |
| George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 页
...the white wave's foam ; And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...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 trode,... | |
| Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 340 页
...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 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,... | |
| 1848 - 412 页
...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 MINE? THE WEALTH OF SEAS, THE SPOILS OF WAR' — THEY SOUGHT A FAITH'S PURE PHRINE :'' MRS. I1EMASK. NEW YORK: E. WALKER, 114 FULTON STREET. M DCCC... | |
| Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 652 页
...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 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,... | |
| Lilly May Shaw - 1954 - 308 页
...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 wealth of seas? the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine1.. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod t... | |
| 1854 - 1184 页
...the rocking pines of the forest roared ; This was their welcome home. There were men with hoary linir Amidst that pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's lend ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth, There was manhood's brow, serenely... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 页
...the white wave's foam: And the rocking pines of the forest roared, — This was their welcome home! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...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... | |
| Edmund Carpenter - 2007 - 132 页
...can truly charge that religious oppression or intolerance was ever a part of their creed or practice. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of wax? They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod: They... | |
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