Question

Contrast the way the conqueror comes with the way the Pilgrims came (stanzas three and four).

Have to write....

Answer 1

The breaking waves dash'd high
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches toss'd.

And the heavy night hung dark 5
The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles moor'd their bark* *small ship
On the wild New England shore.

Not as the conqueror comes,
They, the true-hearted, came; 10
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings of fame;

Not as the flying come,
In silence and in fear;--
They shook the depths of the desert gloom 15
With their [songs] of lofty cheer.

Amidst the storm they sang,
And the stars heard and the sea;
And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang
To the anthem of the free! 20

The ocean eagle soar'd
From his nest by the white wave's foam;
And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd--
This was their welcome home!

There were men with hoary hair 25
Amidst that pilgrim band;--
Why had they come to wither there,--
Away from their childhood's land?

There was woman's fearless eye,
Lit by her deep love's truth; 30
There was manhood's brow serenely high,
And the fiery heart of youth.

What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?-- 35
They sought a faith's pure shrine!

Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod!
They have left unstain'd what there they found--
Freedom to worship God. 40
--Felicia Browne Hemans

Answer 2

So, stanzas 3 and 4:
Not as the conqueror comes,
They, the true-hearted, came;
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings of fame;

Not as the flying come,
In silence and in fear;--
They shook the depths of the desert gloom
With their [songs] of lofty cheer.

Answer 3

The pilgrims are described as "true-hearted".

Answer 4

...and they came with drums and trumpets, right?

Answer 5

The "conqueror" is in....silence and fear...?

Answer 6

Lol this is a little confusing XD

Answer 7

I think they're saying that the conqueror arrived in silence, and the pilgrims did not. So that's the contrast.