 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 180 pages
...men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : — Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye,...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... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 pages
...hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band — Why had they cometo wither there Away from their childhood's land1? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar 1 Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 1 — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 512 pages
...men with hoary hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band — Why had they come to wither there Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye,...And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar1) Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas, the spoils of war 1 — They sought a faith's... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...hair Amid that pilgrim band : Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? 8. There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...brow serenely high. And the fiery heart of youth. 9. What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war 1... | |
 | William Allen - 1835 - 812 pages
...eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There manhood's brow serenely high, There fiery heat of youth. 5 What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...spoils of war? — They sought a Faith's pure shrine ! 6 Aye, call it holy ground, — The soil, where first they trod ! They've left unstain'd what there... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 240 pages
...were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye,...spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! We will leave unstain'd what here they... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...home. There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : Thy had they come to wither there, There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 pages
...forest roared : — This was their welcome home. Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye,...And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afnr? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1836 - 472 pages
...men with hoary hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band — Why had they come to wither there Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye,...high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thns afar? Bright jewels of the mine 1 The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 256 pages
...were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye,...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. Prisoners' Evening Hymn. 45 What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of... | |
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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 truth ; There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the... 
