 Not as the conqueror comes, 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; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer....  Days with Uncle Jack - Page 174by John Walter Davis - 1914Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Baker Woodbury - Anthems - 1850 - 352 pages
...hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their barque On thu wild New England shore. RHard. In silence and In fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Who bought us with his blood, En - throned above t he farthest sky, Our Sav - iour God. Ifllai.l. Amidst... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Elocution - 1850 - 368 pages
...silence and in fear ; They shook the depths of the desert's gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer. 3 Amidst the storm they sang ; And the stars heard and the sea ! And the sounding aisles of the dun woods rang To the anthem of the free ! 4 The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's... | |
 | William Quereau Force - Washington (D.C.) - 1850 - 292 pages
...stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of 'fame ; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear j They shook the depths of the desert gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer. WASHINGTON. The Landing of Columbus in the New World. — This picture is by Vanderlyn, and, though... | |
 | Theology - 1856 - 624 pages
...of God. It must have been a touching sight to behold them celebrating their first divine service. " Amidst the storm they sang ; And the stars heard, and the sea ; The surrounding aisles of the woods — they rang With the anthem of the free." From this time may... | |
 | Hannah Villiers Boyd - Australia - 1851 - 218 pages
...sings of fume. 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. Amidst the...sounding aisles of the dim woods rang £. .'; ." To the anthems of the free. . The ocean eagle soar'd To his nest by the white wave's foam ; And the rocking... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1851 - 34 pages
...consecration of all New England to God, when there they raised their Sabbath hymns and Sabbath prayers. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and...And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthems of the free. And now if you wish to bring back bondage instead of freedom, the fear of man... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...the storm they sang; They shook the depths of the desert's gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer. And the stars heard, and the sea! And the sounding...aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free ! 4 The ocean-eagle soared And the rocking pine of the forest roared :— This was their wt'come home!... | |
 | American poetry - 1927 - 490 pages
...And the trumpet that sings of fame; — In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the...The ocean eagle soared From his nest by the white waves' foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared: — This was their welcome home! There were... | |
 | Charles Henry Woolbert - Oratory - 1927 - 566 pages
...fear; They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storms they sang; And the stars, heard, and the sea; And...the anthem of the free. The ocean eagle soared From the nest by the white wave's foam; And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome... | |
 | Gustine Courson Weaver - Children's plays - 1927 - 112 pages
...came; Not with the roll of stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amid the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea: And the sounding aisles of the dim woods... | |
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