Handbook of old Burial Hill, Plymouth, MassachusettsIts history, its famous dead, and its quaint epitaphs . PRISCILLA. The Old Burying-Ground*. The Pilgrim Fathers are at rest: When Summers throned on high,And the worlds warm breast is in verdure dressed, Go, stand on the hill where they earliest ray of the golden day On that hallowed spot is the evening sun, as he leaves the world. Looks kindly on that spot last. — PlERIONT. O spot in Plymouth is so interesting tothe antiquary as Burial Hill. Here arethe sites of the Pilgrims fort and watch-f^ tower. Here sleep the early sett
Handbook of old Burial Hill, Plymouth, MassachusettsIts history, its famous dead, and its quaint epitaphs . PRISCILLA. The Old Burying-Ground*. The Pilgrim Fathers are at rest: When Summers throned on high,And the worlds warm breast is in verdure dressed, Go, stand on the hill where they earliest ray of the golden day On that hallowed spot is the evening sun, as he leaves the world. Looks kindly on that spot last. — PlERIONT. O spot in Plymouth is so interesting tothe antiquary as Burial Hill. Here arethe sites of the Pilgrims fort and watch-f^ tower. Here sleep the early settlers ofthe colony, the heroes of the Revolu-tion and of our later wars, and the men who wentdown to the sea in ships and perished there,in the days of Plymouths maritime glory. Hereare to be seen the rude symbols of the sculptors artand the crude effusions of the elegiac poet. Burial Hill is 165 feet above the sea level, andrises abruptly just back of the towns busiest thor-oughfare. It is irregular in form and contains abouteight acres. From this elevation the visitor has asplendid panorama of ocean and country. Nestlingat his feet, b
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