 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1840 - 342 pages
...the white wave's foam ; And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd — This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band ; — Why had they come to wither there, There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...forest roared — This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amid that pilgrim-band ; Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land 1 There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 578 pages
...all hope of human aid. In the beautiful language applied to the first settlers of New England, " ' There were men with hoary hair Amidst that Pilgrim...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.' " They had not indeed been driven to seek a 'faith's pure shrine ' ; but they had come voluntarily... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 600 pages
...all hope of human aid. In the beautiful language applied to the first settlers of New England, " ' There were men with hoary hair Amidst that Pilgrim...to wither there, Away from their childhood's land 1 " ' There was woman's fearlero eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely... | |
 | Children's literature - 1846 - 872 pages
...dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moor'd their bark On the wild New England shore. There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...heart of youth. 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.... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1842 - 336 pages
...the white wave's foam; And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd — This was their welcome home! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...heart of youth. 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 !... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 334 pages
...the white wave's foam; And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd— This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim...heart of youth. 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,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...roared—- This was their welcome home ! 4. There were men with hoary hair, Amidst that pilgrim-band : Why had they come to wither there, Away from their...brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. 5. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of sens ? the spoils of war... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...rocking pines of the forest Wared ; This was their welcome home. There were men with hoary hair Amid that pilgrim band ; — Why had they come to wither...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...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...youth. 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!... | |
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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. 
