History of the town of Plymouth : from its first settlement in 1620, to the year 1832 . nd here, their God adoring,They stood in open air. 382 HYMNS AND ODES. When breaking day they greeted,And when its close was calm, The leafless woods repeatedThe music of their psalm, 2. Not thus, O God, 1o praise thee, Do we, their children throng:The temples arch we raise thee Gives back our choral , on the winds that bore thee Their worship and their prayers,May ours come up before thee From hearts as true as theirs! 3. What have we, Lord, to bind us To this, the Pilgrims shore !—Their hill of gr
History of the town of Plymouth : from its first settlement in 1620, to the year 1832 . nd here, their God adoring,They stood in open air. 382 HYMNS AND ODES. When breaking day they greeted,And when its close was calm, The leafless woods repeatedThe music of their psalm, 2. Not thus, O God, 1o praise thee, Do we, their children throng:The temples arch we raise thee Gives back our choral , on the winds that bore thee Their worship and their prayers,May ours come up before thee From hearts as true as theirs! 3. What have we, Lord, to bind us To this, the Pilgrims shore !—Their hill of graves behind us, Their watery way before,The wintry surge, that dashes Against the rocks they trod,Their memory, and their ashes— Be thou their guard, O God! 4. We would not, Holy Father,Forsake this hallowed spot,Till on that shore we gather Where graves and griefs are notThe shore where true devotionShall rear no pillared shrine,And see no other oceanThan that of love divine. 7A fi00?r/>&¥> &?)&& mm^t K8 , 3M» IS >\^ :-nT jfie JfeS-Virvv %©«fe / m«. Y>ZtX- \: UfcSBSL—/->,-ii ia
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