The breaking waves dashed high 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 On the wild New England shore. Poetry for Home and School ... - Page 1341846Full view - About this book
| Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1845 - 312 pages
...a forest ; a walk in a church. 5. Hoary, gray. Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. — MRS. HEMAKS. 1. THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound...exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. 2. Not as the conqueror comes, Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths... | |
| Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - Hymns, English - 1845 - 498 pages
...high 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...exiles 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,... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1845 - 252 pages
...v. to waste, perish ; to fade. dry up. READING LESSON LI 11. TJie Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. 1. The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound...woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed ; 2. And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and Vvaters o'er, When a band of exiles moored... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...common parent of us all, to the divine benignity. — Webster. 735. LANDING OP THE PILGRIM FATHERS. The breaking waves — dashed high On a stern —...woods — against a stormy sky, Their giant branches — tossed; And the heavy night — hungdark— The hills — and waters o'er, When a band of exiles—... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...church. 5. Hoary, gray. 6. An. them, a sacred song. Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. — MRS. HEMANS. 1. THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound...exiles 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,... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...high 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...They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear... | |
| Cheshire Pastoral Association - Hymns, English - 1846 - 574 pages
...high 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...exiles 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,... | |
| William Shaw Russell - Massachusetts - 1846 - 450 pages
...to men whose ashes now mingle with the ground on which the rapt observer stands. CLARK'S ISLAND. ' And the heavy night hung- dark, The hills and waters...moored their bark On the wild .New England shore.' This Island received its name from Clark, the master's mate of the ship Mayflower. It is in some measure... | |
| Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...O sailor boy ! sailor boy ! peace to thy soul ! THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS.— Mrs. Htmans. THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound...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... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 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...They, the true-hearted, came, Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear;... | |
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