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Felicia D. Hemans Quote

Ay call it holy ground The soil where first they trod They have left unstained what there they found - Freedom to worship God.

Felicia D. Hemans

Ay call it holy ground The soil where first they trod They have left unstained what there they found - Freedom to worship God.

Tags: cowardice, worship

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About Felicia D. Hemans

Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status.