Illustrious Sires! Undaunted Seers!

Illustrious sires! Un­daunt­ed seers!

Their lives il­lume suc­ceed­ing years

They heard the call di­vine and knew

As Ab­ram did

the sum­mons true.

No part­ed floods en­tice their feet;

No pil­lared clouds their vi­sion greet;

In faith sub­lime they cross the sea

For Christ’s dear sake and li­ber­ty.

This land they seek—theirs to sub­due;

In laws

re­li­gion

life make new;

They plant the Church

the state

the school

Enthrone the people’s right to rule.

Departed he­roes! saint­ed

they

Behold the hom­age now we pay

Rejoice the glo­ri­ous fruit to see

From free­dom’s Ply­mouth plant­ed tree.

The child­ren true

till lat­est sun

Shall share the faith their fa­thers won;

To oth­er lands their mes­sage bear

And in the fi­nal tri­umph share.

Our God

the Pil­grims’ guide

we seek

To know Thy will; with­in us speak;

That word

a light

shall guid­ance give

And in Thy pre­cepts we shall live.