 | William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 pages
...stern and rock-bound coast ; And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed ; — And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er,...exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 520 pages
...On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er,...exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Literary Criticism - 1848 - 662 pages
...a spring, which remains till this day. At this spot, the settlement of Rhode Island commenced : " O call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod....unstained, what there they found, FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD." PROVIDENCE. To the town here founded, Mr. Williams, with his habitual piety, and in grateful remembrance... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1848 - 1024 pages
...spring, which remains till this day.8 At this spot the settlement of Roger Williams commenced. « O, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod...unstained, what there they found, FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD."* " To the town here founded, Mr. Williams, with his habitual piety, and in grateful remembrance of 'God's... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - America - 1848 - 646 pages
...this day. At this spot, the settlement of Rhode Island commenced : " O call it holy ground, The aoil where first they trod. They have left unstained, what there they found, FBIXDOM TO WORSHIP COD." 181 PROVIDENCE. To the town here founded, Mr. Williams, with his habitual... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 526 pages
...a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a hand of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 478 pages
...On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed, And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark 2 Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums,... | |
 | 1854 - 1184 pages
...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...what there they found — Freedom to worship God! THE FORGET-ME-NOT; OR, LAST HOURS ON THE MERSEY. UNDBB the above title the Bev. James Buck gives a... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - Bar associations - 1923 - 592 pages
...liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Of the latter type were our true American forefathers. "Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod...unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God !" Thus does the poet describe the Pilgrims. The Mayflower Compact, adopted by them, was the first... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...the Pilgrim Fathers 3 The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, (1. 1-2) 4 And o; UnPo; WeW; WGRP On His Deceased Wife 34 (1. 5—8) 5 What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealthy of seas, the spoils... | |
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And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. 
