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THE FAR BLUE HILLS by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE

First Line: I LIFT MY EYES AND YE ARE EVER THERE
Last Line: O FAR BLUE HILLS.
Subject(s): HURRICANES; SPIRITUALITY; TITANS (MYTHOLOGY);
I LIFT my eyes and ye are ever there,
Wrapped in the folds of the imperial air,
And crowned with gold of morn or evening rare,
O far blue hills.

Around you break the lights of heaven all,
There rolls away the Titan's splendid ball,
And there the circling suns of midnight fall,
O far blue hills.

Wild bursts the hurricane o'er lake and land,
Loud roars the cloud and smites with blazing brand;
They pass, and silence comes, and there ye stand,
O far blue hills.

Your spirit fills the wide horizon round,
And lays on all things here its peace profound,
Till I forget that I am of the ground,
O far blue hills,—

Forget the earth to which I loved to cling,
And soar away as on an eagle's wing,
To be with you a calm and steadfast thing,
O far blue hills.



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