“And the heavy night hung dark,
The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.”

— Felicia Hemans

Stanza 2.
The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers http://www.poetry-archive.com/h/landing_of_the_pilgrim_fathers.html (1826)

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English poet 1793–1835

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“And the heavy night hung dark,The hills and waters o'er,When a band of exiles moored their barkOn the wild New England shore.”

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“And the heavy night hung dark,
The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.”