68. PLYMOUTH MONUMENT LAID 1859.(notes)This upbuilt monument, though broad and highAs tow'ring pyramid on Egypt's plain,Our Pilgrim-Fathers' rarest worth in vainAttempts to show forth to the kindled eye.They said—"We'll seek a land of Liberty;No child of ours shall wear a galling chain!"—Such purpose bore them o'er the stormy main:Here was their home, and here their bodies lie.We'll build their noble virtues in our hearts,—The love of Truth, the love of Good and Right,The Faith which sees beyond our earthly sight,The Zeal which love to God and man imparts:—Such Monumentwe will not fail to raise,When rock-built piles shall fall to bear their praise!
68. PLYMOUTH MONUMENT LAID 1859.(notes)
This upbuilt monument, though broad and highAs tow'ring pyramid on Egypt's plain,Our Pilgrim-Fathers' rarest worth in vainAttempts to show forth to the kindled eye.They said—"We'll seek a land of Liberty;No child of ours shall wear a galling chain!"—Such purpose bore them o'er the stormy main:Here was their home, and here their bodies lie.We'll build their noble virtues in our hearts,—The love of Truth, the love of Good and Right,The Faith which sees beyond our earthly sight,The Zeal which love to God and man imparts:—Such Monumentwe will not fail to raise,When rock-built piles shall fall to bear their praise!
This upbuilt monument, though broad and high
As tow'ring pyramid on Egypt's plain,
Our Pilgrim-Fathers' rarest worth in vain
Attempts to show forth to the kindled eye.
They said—"We'll seek a land of Liberty;
No child of ours shall wear a galling chain!"—
Such purpose bore them o'er the stormy main:
Here was their home, and here their bodies lie.
We'll build their noble virtues in our hearts,—
The love of Truth, the love of Good and Right,
The Faith which sees beyond our earthly sight,
The Zeal which love to God and man imparts:—
Such Monumentwe will not fail to raise,
When rock-built piles shall fall to bear their praise!