...striking contrast with their log habitations and their rustic fare, the inquiry would naturally arise, ' What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?...The wealth of seas? the spoils of war? They sought a pure faith's shrine.' This was the mainspring of all their movements, the secret of their indomitable...

...There was manhood's Irow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. 9. What-sought they thus afar7 Bright jewels of the mine'} The wealth of seas ? the...spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine. 10. Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ! They have left unstained what there they...

...fearless eye, I. it — by her deep love** truth; There was mnnhood's brow, serenely high, And the 6cry heart — of youth. What — sought they — thus, afar? Bright jewels— of the min*1? Thf wealth of sens, the s|H>ils of wnr ? They sought — a faith's pure shrine! Aye. cnll it...

...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...unstained what there they found ; Freedom to worship God. DIETETIC REFORM. BY JAMES SELLERS, JR. "A few nervei hardly viaible on the surface of the tongue, create...

...the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared, — This was their welcome home. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the...unstained what there they found, Freedom to worship God. 894. LM 6 L. Humility. 1 THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ;...

...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...

...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...what there they found, — Freedom to worship God. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (1849-1903) HENLEY WAS born in Gloucester, England. Tuberculosis as a child forced...

...New England shore. (1. 5—8) 5 What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealthy on a Wicked Bishop 1 Then when he saw it could hold no more, Bish 207 POETRY QUOTATIONS 208 Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod; They have left unstained...

...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...

...her poem on the "Pilgrim Fathers," the last stanzas of which is '' Ay, call it holy ground, The Boil where first they trod, They have left unstained, what there they found, Freedom to worship God." IV. GEORGE RUGGLE, AUTHOR OF SOME EARLY PUBLICATIONS UPON THE VIRGINIA COLONY. George Ruggle, late...