. Twilight dreams: being poems and pictures of life and nature . 33. THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS. BY ISABELLA BANKS. ^O the green primeval forests across the | No gallant bark was theirs to steer, only aWT western wave, I time-worn boat. Oppression drove a slender band of true hearts strong and brave :They could not think as others thought, nor feel as others felt,Nor obey the royal edict to kneel where others knelt ;But they had heard of shores afar by priestly feet untrod ;So they sought that land for consciencesake — their With stores as small as seamanship—and yet she kept aficat,For
. Twilight dreams: being poems and pictures of life and nature . 33. THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS. BY ISABELLA BANKS. ^O the green primeval forests across the | No gallant bark was theirs to steer, only aWT western wave, I time-worn boat. Oppression drove a slender band of true hearts strong and brave :They could not think as others thought, nor feel as others felt,Nor obey the royal edict to kneel where others knelt ;But they had heard of shores afar by priestly feet untrod ;So they sought that land for consciencesake — their With stores as small as seamanship—and yet she kept aficat,For Faith and Hope were at the helm amid the tempests roar ;—But Hope was dead and Faith was before they reached the shore,Where children faint, and women pale, first pressed their feeble feet.
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