Whittier's "The Exiles"

A recent family history query from a Macy cousin had me digging thru some old notebooks, where I came across an interesting ballad called "The Exiles," written by the notable poet John Greenleaf Whittier in 1841. It's all about our emigrant ancestor Thomas Macy and how he fled religious persecution by the Puritans of Massachusetts to settle on the island of Nantucket.

I was pleasantly surprised to discover the ballad has been posted at several online sites, including http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=l&p=c&a=p&ID=20925&c=328 . Kept me from having to re-type it all here. So, check it out. Makes for an interesting read.