[The Pilgrims' chorus, in] The Pilgrim spirit a pageant in celebration of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts December 21, 1620 |
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THE PILGRIMS' CHORUS
Long ago there came a sound as of a mighty wind from heaven,
And a light was on the world where now it shines for us to-day;
We have seen the fire of God as once it fell for men before us,
And we follow, knowing only that old things have passed away.
And a light was on the world where now it shines for us to-day;
We have seen the fire of God as once it fell for men before us,
And we follow, knowing only that old things have passed away.
Through the weary cloud of years and through the dark that was around us
In the west we know the burning of a light across the sea;
Through the tumult of a peace that was beyond our understanding
We have waited for a voice that we have heard, and we are free.
In the west we know the burning of a light across the sea;
Through the tumult of a peace that was beyond our understanding
We have waited for a voice that we have heard, and we are free.
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We are free to be the first who are to bear the coming harvest
Over leagues that are between us and the fields that are unsown;
And though God may leave our reaping unto others who come after,
He has called us, and we follow, to the new and the unknown.
Over leagues that are between us and the fields that are unsown;
And though God may leave our reaping unto others who come after,
He has called us, and we follow, to the new and the unknown.
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