| C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...And the Bounding aisles — of the dim woods rang To the anthem — of the free. The ocean-eagle — soared From his nest — by the white wave's foam,...the forest roared; This — was their welcome home. There were men — with hoary hair, Amidst that pilgrim band, Why had they come — to wither there,... | |
| Cheshire Pastoral Association - Hymns, English - 1846 - 574 pages
...moored their bark On the wild New England shore. 2 Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And...the forest roared, — This was their welcome home. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? —... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...sounds of fame j Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear ; They shook the depths of the desert's gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer. 3. Amidst...the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared... | |
| William Shaw Russell - Massachusetts - 1846 - 450 pages
...silence and in fear, — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free ! The ocean-eagle soared, From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...silence and in fear, — . They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free ! The ocean-eagle soar'd From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...silence and in fear ; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared... | |
| Congregational churches - 1918 - 758 pages
...silence and in fear, — • They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. "Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. "Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...silence and in fear, — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ! And the sounding aisles of the dim wood rang To the anthems of the free ! The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam,... | |
| Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...silence, and in fear : — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and...sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang The ocean-eagle soared From his nest, by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest... | |
| George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 526 pages
...silence and in fear ; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and...the forest roared — This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band : — Why had they come to wither there,... | |
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