 | American literature - 1866 - 570 pages
...The steamer rocks and ravee. And city lote are staked for sale Above old Indian gravea. " I bear tbe tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be — The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. " The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...canoe, The steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - Biography - 1867 - 1032 pages
...birch ciinoe The steamer smokes anil raws, And city lota arc staked tor sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be — The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea." The growth of Minnesota especially, since its organization, has... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...canoe, The steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. The'rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos... | |
 | Albert Deane Richardson - History - 1869 - 664 pages
...birch canoe, The steamer rocks and raves ; And city lots are staked for s&le Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be — The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of Empire here Are plastic yet and warm : The chaos... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1872 - 522 pages
...VOL. VII.— FEBRUARY, l872.— No. 38. TWENTY YEARS AGO; A STORY OF REAL LIFE ON THE PRAIRIES. " I hear the tread of pioneers Of Nations yet to be — The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea." CHAPTER L TREATS OF BUNTINGVILLE. THERE is, or was, in the year... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Anthologies - 1872 - 594 pages
...canoe, The steamer smokes and raves, And city lots are staked for sale • Above old Indian graves. " I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be, The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea." Two decades hence, there will be a steady stream of traffic from... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 pages
...canoe, The steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...canoe, The steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos... | |
 | George W. Pine - History - 1873 - 534 pages
...Steamer and Railroad rocks and raves, And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers, Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of Empire here Are plastic vet and warm, The chaos... | |
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I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. 
