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...spearman Can not reach our lofty caves ; Thy dark clouds wrap the threshold Of freedom's last abode; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! For the shadow of thy presence, Round our camp of rock outspread ; For the stern defiles of battle,...

...their soul of tenderness : Leave me not yet ! HYMN OF THE VAUDOIS MOUNTAINEERS IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION. FOR the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! Thou hast made thy children mighty, By the touch of the mountain sod. Thou hast fix'd our ark of...

...touch of the mountain sod. Thou hast fix'd our ark of refuge Where the spoiler's foot ne'er trod ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! We are watchers of a beacon Whose lights must never die; We are guardians of an altar Midst the silence...

...strength, etc. The banner of the chieftain Far, far b.'low us waves, The war horse of the spearman Carrnot reach our lofty caves, Thy dark clouds wrap the threshold Of freedom's last abode : For the strength, etc. For the shadow of thy presence, Round our camp of rock outspread. For the stern defiles of battle,...

...Bearing record of our dead ; For the snows, and for the torrents, For the free heart's burial sod, For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! WASHINGTON'S STATUE. YES ! rear thy guardian hero's form On thy proud soil, thou Western World !...

...knows no master, Seeks there his wild delights. But we, for thy communion Have sought the mountain sod, For the strength of the hills we bless thee. Our God, our fathers' God. Peyran states further particulars respecting the persecutions that were inflicted upon these believers...

...battle, Bearing record of our dead ; For the snows and for the torrents, For the free heart's burial sod: For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! " After the Duke of Savoy had broken with, the King of France, Fort Mirabouc, and the several little...

...altar, 'Midst the silence of the sky. The rock yields founts of courage Struck forth as by Thy rod — For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! For the dark resounding heavens, Where thy still small voice is heard, For the strong pines of the...

...altar Midst the silence of the sky; The rocks yield founts of courage, Struck forth as by thy rod ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God."—Mrs. Hemans. I had a seeming friend;—I gave him gifts and he was gone ; I had an open enemy;...