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MOUNTAINEERS by GEORGE CROLY

First Line: THE MOUNTAIN-HORN SHALL RING
Last Line: WHEN THE HILLS SHAKE WITH THUNDERBOLTS, -- CAN TIRE.
Subject(s): MOUNTAIN CLIMBING;

THE mountain-horn shall ring,
And every Alp shall answer; and the caves,
And forest depths and valleys, and the beds
Of the eternal snows, shall pour out tribes
That know no Roman tyrants, -- daring hearts,
Swift feet, strong hands, that neither hunger, thirst,
Nor winter cataracts, nor the tempest's roar,
When the hills shake with thunderbolts, -- can tire.



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