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Ay, Call It Holy Ground, The Soil Where First They Trod
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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. Hemas (1794-1835)
-- Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
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