The Pilgrims, and Other PoemsPoems to commemorate the signing of the Mayflower Compact and the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth upon the construction of the monument at Provincetown (p. 1-165), followed by poems to commemorate other occasions, which for the most part took place in Massachusetts. |
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Æneid ages Allegro Anne Bradstreet band banner bear bears ships beauty behold billows bore borne brave bright Cape Cod circling band crossmark crown dark deep Dole dream drest earth eyes face faith fierce filled fire flame forest fortune Founders freedom glory glow gold Hail hand hearts hill human Indiana theatre Ionia Joseph's tomb keen KING labor Lakes land light lived lofty marvellous Mayflower mighty mountains myriad NATHAN HASKELL DOLE nation neath never night o'er ocean once palace peace perish Pilgrim Fathers Pilgrims poem Poesy poet praise pride Provincetown Puritan reckoned river round Saint Patrick seek ship shore sight slave solemn solitary eagle SONG souls spirit splendid stand stars stern story sweet Symplegades thee thou thousand vast Veaux voyage waters wave wealth weary wild wind winter wonder Zeus
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Page 226 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 226 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which...
Page 225 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element.
Page 228 - Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice and looked on their adversity,
Page 225 - ... wind shrinking upon them withall, they resolved to bear up againe for the Cape, and thought them selves hapy to gett out of those dangers before night overtooke them, as by Gods providence they did. And ye next day they gott into ye Cape-harbor wher they ridd in saftie.
Page 227 - ... which wente before), they had now no freinds to wellcome them, nor inns to entertaine or refresh their weatherbeaten bodys, no houses or much less townes to repaire too, to seeke for succoure.
Page 224 - William Butten, a youth, servant to Samuel Fuller, when they drew near the coast. But to omit other things (that I may be brief) after long beating at sea they fell with that land which is called Cape Cod; the which being made and certainly known to be it, they were not a little joyful.
Page 224 - Cod; the which being made & certainly knowne to be it, they were not a litle joyfull. After some deliberation had amongst them selves & with ye mr. of ye ship, they tacked aboute and resolved to stande for ye southward (ye wind & weather being faire) to finde some place aboute Hudsons river for their habitation.
Page 227 - It is recorded in scripture as a mercie to ye apostle & his shipwraked company, y' the barbarians shewed them no smale kindnes in refreshing them, but these savage barbarians, when they mette with them (as after will appeare) were readier to fill their sids full of arrows then otherwise. And for ye season it was winter, and they that know ye winters of y...
Page 228 - But that which was most sadd, & lamentable was, that in 2. or 3. moneths time...