 | 1901 - 604 pages
...recollected that Whittier wrote of ' the Kansas Emigrant ' the spirited song commencing — ' We cross the prairie as of old The Pilgrims crossed the sea,...West, as they the East, The homestead of the free.' VOL. OXCIU. NO. OOOXGV. 0 was popularly spoken of as the ' Keystone State '). Buchanan was certain... | |
 | 1854 - 588 pages
...gonfalon Shall Bout the sitting sun ! We'll sweep the prairie as of old Our fathers swept the sea, And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free ! othyand clover made af;iir show, bu>tnow there is an exuberant growth of clover and chess, about... | |
 | 1855 - 936 pages
...gonfalon Shall flout the setting яш ! We'll sweep the prairie, as of old Our fathers swept the sea, And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free I iaw Church Bella on the Pacific. I bear once more those mournful bell« Break on the Sabbath air,... | |
 | 1857 - 212 pages
...a - bove, To him who reigns a Home. bove. ee^~ 150 w. 15| -,-0огЙРЕ|ЕГЕЕЕ^Е| 1. We cross the prairie as of old The Pilgrims crossed the sea,...West, as they the East, The homestead of the free— To 2. We go to rear a wall of men On freedom's southern line, And plant beside the cotton tree The... | |
 | William P. Tomlinson - 1859 - 328 pages
...REMARKS, 297 KANSAS IN 1858. CHAPTEE I. UP THE MIS80UBI. " We cross the prairies as of old Our fathers crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The abode of the free."— WHITTIER. THE spring of the present year, 1858, was a busy season in the city... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 pages
...gonfalon Shall flout the setting sun 1 We '11 sweep the prairie, as of old Our fathers swept the sea, And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free ! STANZAS TO THE UNITED STATES. Adapted from Tait's Magazine. Too long it hath been said and sung,... | |
 | James Redpath - 1860 - 436 pages
...Puritans, — who had crossed the sea for the same purpose that they were now crossing the prairie : " To make the West as they the East, The Homestead of the Free." • inquired if Wm. Thompson* was there. He found him, and they left the camp together. The Captain... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...tranquil-fronted, listening over all The tumult, hears the angels say, Well done ! THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS. WE cross the prairie as of old The pilgrims crossed the sea,...West, as they the East, The homestead of the free I We go to rear a wall of men On Freedom's southern line And plant beside the cotton-tree The rugged... | |
 | 1866 - 584 pages
...ere here, and all marching to the music of Whittier : 41 We cross the prairie as of old Our fathers crossed the sea ; To make the West, as they the East, The empire of the free." At night, you sometimes pitch your tent within half a mile of a thousand of these... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...gonfalon Shall flout the setting sun ! We'll tread the prairie as of old Our fathers sailed the sea, And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free ! SONG OF SLAVES IN THE DESERTS WHERE are we going ? where are we going, Where are we going, Rubee... | |
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WE cross the prairie as of old The pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free... 
