Ay call it holy ground The soil where first they trod They have left unstained what there they found - Freedom to worship God.
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Felicia D. Hemans was a 18th-century English poet. Felicia Dorothea Hemans was an English poet. Regarded as the leading female poet of her day, Hemans was immensely popular during her lifetime in both England and the United States, and was second only to Lord Byron in terms of sales. Read more on Wikipedia →

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