 | 1846 - 308 pages
...easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers' graves: Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...the Mayflower launched by cowards, steered by men be'faind their time ? I'MI, those tracks toward Past or Future, that make Plymouth rock sublime ? They... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers' graves; Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...Turn those tracks toward Past or Future, that make They were men of present valor, stalwart old iconoclasts, Unconvinced by axe or gibbet that all virtue... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...tree of which they are all branches and twigs that is agitating the theologians all about us. These worshippers of light ancestral — " Make the present...Steered by men behind their time, Turn those tracks towards past or future, That make Plymouth Rock sublime?" " God cannot be exhausted," says John Weiss.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 pages
...easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers' graves, Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...launched by cowards, steered by men behind their time V Turn those tracks toward Past or Future, that make Plymouth rock sublime V They were men of present... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...regions for his miserable prey : Shall we guide his gory fingers where our helpless children play? Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...easy to be heroes, as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers' graves ; Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 354 pages
...regions for his miserable prey: Shall we guide his gory fingers where our helpless children play ? Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...-tracks toward Past, or Future, that make Plymouth Eock sublime ? They were men of present valor, — stalwart old iconoclasts; Unconvinced by axe or... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...easy to be heroes, as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers' graves ; Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...tracks toward Past, or Future, that make Plymouth Bock sublime ? They were men of present valor, — stalwart old iconoclasts ; Unconvinced by axe or... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1866 - 352 pages
...easy to be heroes, as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers' graves ; Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light...Turn those tracks toward Past, or Future, that make They were men of present valor — stalwart old iconoclasts; Unconvinced by axe or gibbet that all... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1866 - 368 pages
...cowards ? — steered by men behind their time ? Turn those tracks toward Past, or Future, that make They were men of present valor — . stalwart old...But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of... | |
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Worshippers of light ancestral make the present light a crime ; — Was the Mayflower launched by cowards, steered by men behind their time ? Turn those tracks toward Past or Future, that make Plymouth Rock sublime... 
