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For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers’ God! Thou hast made the children mighty, By the touch of the mountain sod. Thou hast fix’d our arch of refuge Where the spoilers 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 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. For the dark resounding heavens, Where thy still small voice is heard, For the strong pines of the forests, That by thy breath are stirr’d; For the storms on whose free pinions Thy spirit walks abroad; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers’ God. The royal eagle darteth On his quarry from the heights, And the stag that 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!
For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers’ God! Thou hast made the children mighty, By the touch of the mountain sod. Thou hast fix’d our arch of refuge Where the spoilers 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 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. For the dark resounding heavens, Where thy still small voice is heard, For the strong pines of the forests, That by thy breath are stirr’d; For the storms on whose free pinions Thy spirit walks abroad; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers’ God. The royal eagle darteth On his quarry from the heights, And the stag that 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!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mrs. Hemans (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 297 · printed citation: Mrs. Hemans · subject: HILLS
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