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THE HILL-BORN by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT

First Line: YOU WHO ARE BORN OF THE HILLS
Last Line: IN THE HILLS YOU WILL FIND YOUR GOD AGAIN.
Subject(s): GOD; NATURE - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

YOU who are born of the hills,
Hill-bred, lover of hills,
Though the world may not treat you aright,
Though your soul be aweary with ills:
This will you know above other men,
In the hills you will find your peace again.

You who were nursed on the heights,
Hill-bred, lover of skies,
Though your love and your hope and your heart,
Though your trust be hurt till it dies:
This will you know above other men,
In the hills you will find your faith again.

You who are brave from the winds,
Hill-bred, lover of winds,
Though the God whom you know seems dim,
Seems lost in a mist that blinds:
This will you know above other men,
In the hills you will find your God again.



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