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Chief of the household Gods Which hallow Scotland’s lowly Scottish homes! While looking at thy signs Which speak, though dumb, deep thought upon me comes— With sad yet solemn dreams my heart is stirred, Like childhood when it hears the carol of a bird! The mountains old and hoar— The chainless winds—the streams so pure and free— The God-enamelled flowers— The waving forest—the eternal sea— The eagle floating o’er the mountain’s brow— Are teachers all; but oh! they are not such as thou!
Chief of the household Gods Which hallow Scotland’s lowly Scottish homes! While looking at thy signs Which speak, though dumb, deep thought upon me comes— With sad yet solemn dreams my heart is stirred, Like childhood when it hears the carol of a bird! The mountains old and hoar— The chainless winds—the streams so pure and free— The God-enamelled flowers— The waving forest—the eternal sea— The eagle floating o’er the mountain’s brow— Are teachers all; but oh! they are not such as thou!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Robert Nicoll (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 588 · printed citation: Robert Nicoll · subject: TEACHING
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