Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 14. AMERICA, PILGRIM FATHERS, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From rite and ordinance abused they fled Last Line: Concord and charity in circles move. Subject(s): Pilgrim Fathers; U.s. - Colonial Period | ||||||||
FROM Rite and Ordinance abused they fled To Wilds where both were utterly unknown; But not to them had Providence foreshown What benefits are missed, what evils bred, In worship neither raised nor limited Save by Self-will. Lo! from that distant shore, For Rite and Ordinance, Piety is led Back to the Land those Pilgrims left of yore, Led by her own free choice. So Truth and Love By Conscience governed do their steps retrace. -- Fathers! your Virtues, such the power of grace, Their spirit, in your Children, thus approve. Transcendent over time, unbound by place, Concord and Charity in circles move. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW WE BECAME A NATION [APRIL 15, 1774] by HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD THE BLASTED HERB by MESECH WEARE JOHN ALDEN'S DREAM by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS ALAMANCE by SEYMOUR W. WHITING MOGG MEGONE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE PENNSYLVANIA PILGRIM by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA: 3 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 13. AMERICA, PILGRIM FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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