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First Line: What know we of the blest above ...'
Last Line: The melodies of peace in love!
Subject(s): Brientz (lake), Switzerland


"WHAT know we of the blest above
But that they sing and that they love?"
Yet, if they ever did inspire
A mortal hymn, or shaped the choir,
Now, where those harvest damsels float
Homeward in their rugged boat
(While all the ruffling winds are fled,
Each slumbering on some mountain's head),
Now, surely, hath that gracious aid
Been felt, that influence is displayed.
Puplis of heaven, in order stand
The rustic maidens, every hand
Upon a sister's shoulder laid, --
To chant, as glides the boat along,
A simple, but a touching, song;
To chant, as angels do above,
The melodies of peace in love!





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