 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1880 - 242 pages
...birch 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 chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form ! Each rude and jostling fragment soon Its fitting place shall find, — The raw material of a state,... | |
 | Augustus Allen Hayes - Colorado - 1880 - 218 pages
...they neared the Missouri on the return from their earlier trip, might well have said with the poet, " I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be,...wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea." III. — THE SOLDIER. Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri, between Kansas City and Atehison, was established... | |
 | John Waddell Van Sickle - 1880 - 248 pages
...day were ended, spent the larger portion of tfao night »« dancing and other Innocent amusements." "I hear the tread of pioneers, Of nations yet to be,...wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea,"— WHITTISB, 6. VI. Abraham Van Sickle, the first child of Catharine (Huffman) and Peter, was born in... | |
 | I. Winslow Ayer - West (U.S.) - 1880 - 540 pages
...farm is somewhat extensive—and rather more so than the general public suppose. "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 elements of empire here Are plastic yet and warm, And the chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1880 - 464 pages
...birch 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 soonj Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos of... | |
 | Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) - Colonies - 1880 - 460 pages
...with the wilderness far in advance of the railway. We can indeed say with the poet Whittier : — " I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of human waves, Where Boon ahall roll a sea." IV. It has been sometimes said that the'configuration of... | |
 | Daniel Miner Gordon - British Columbia - 1880 - 388 pages
...influx of population to the North-West may soon be expected. The immigration already witnessed is only " The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea." CHAPTEE XI. BATTLEFORD TO WINNIPEG. Battleford to Carlton. — Duck Lake. — A blizzard. — Fellow-travellers.... | |
 | Daniel Miner Gordon - British Columbia - 1880 - 364 pages
...influx of population to the North-West may soon be expected. The immigration already witnessed is only " The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea." CHAPTER XI. BATTLEFORD TO WINNIPEG. Battleford to Carlton. — Duck Lake. — A blizzard. — Fellow-travellers.... | |
 | Augustus Allen Hayes - Colorado - 1881 - 214 pages
...they neared the Missouri on the return from their earlier trip, might well have said with the poet, " I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be,...wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea." III. — THE SOLDIEE. Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri, between Kansas City and Atchieon, was established... | |
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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. 
