Greenland, and Other Poems, Part 341Largely an account of the history of the Moravian Church's missions to Greenland. |
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... land they seek , the land they leave behind , Meet on mid - ocean in the plastic mind ; One brings forsaken home and friends so nigh , That tears in slumber swell the unconscious eye ; The other opens , with prophetic view , Perils ...
... land they seek , the land they leave behind , Meet on mid - ocean in the plastic mind ; One brings forsaken home and friends so nigh , That tears in slumber swell the unconscious eye ; The other opens , with prophetic view , Perils ...
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... land : ( d ) descent from the Sclavonian branch of the Greek Church , which was spread throughout Bohemia and Moravia , as well as the ancient Dalmatia . The Bul- garians were once the most powerful tribe of the Scla- vic nations ; and ...
... land : ( d ) descent from the Sclavonian branch of the Greek Church , which was spread throughout Bohemia and Moravia , as well as the ancient Dalmatia . The Bul- garians were once the most powerful tribe of the Scla- vic nations ; and ...
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... land his care , And nourish in its ravaged soil a root Of GREGOR's Tree , to bear perennial fruit . ( h ) His prayer was heard : -that Church , through ages past , Assail'd and rent by persecution's blast ; Whose sons no yoke could ...
... land his care , And nourish in its ravaged soil a root Of GREGOR's Tree , to bear perennial fruit . ( h ) His prayer was heard : -that Church , through ages past , Assail'd and rent by persecution's blast ; Whose sons no yoke could ...
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... land , on an estate belonging to Count Zinzendorf , in Lusatia . Christian David , who was a carpenter , began the work of build- ing a church in this wilderness , by striking his axe into a tree , and exclaiming- " Here hath the ...
... land , on an estate belonging to Count Zinzendorf , in Lusatia . Christian David , who was a carpenter , began the work of build- ing a church in this wilderness , by striking his axe into a tree , and exclaiming- " Here hath the ...
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... land of promise brought ; While in his bosom , on the toilsome road , A secret well of consolation flow'd , Fed from the fountain near the eternal throne , -Bliss to the world unyielded and unknown . " In stillness thus the little Zion ...
... land of promise brought ; While in his bosom , on the toilsome road , A secret well of consolation flow'd , Fed from the fountain near the eternal throne , -Bliss to the world unyielded and unknown . " In stillness thus the little Zion ...
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age to age amidst Aninga beams behold beneath birds birth Black Death bliss Bohemia breast breath Canto Christian David Church clime clouds coast Comenius Count Zinzendorf dark dead death deep dream earth eternal fear fire firmament fix'd flame flood gale gaze Geyser gloom glory Greenland gulf hand hath heart heaven Herrnhut hope Iceland John Huss joys kayak kraken land light little hour living Lord love Thee,-when Lusatia moon Moravia morn Mother's Love mountains Nature's night Norwegian o'er ocean pass'd peace prayer pulse race rage reign reindeer rest rocks roll round sail scene shade shadow shines shore skies Skraellings sleep slumber smile snow song soul spirit spread star storm stream tempests Thee thine Thou thought throne thunder tide trod turn'd Twas United Brethren vanish'd vessel voice voyage waters waves Wenceslaus Wickliffe wild wilderness wind Wineland wings wrath yonder