Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN OF THE VAUDOIS MOUTAINEERS IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For the strength of the hills we bless thee Last Line: Our god, our fathers' god! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Variant Title(s): Hymn Of The Mountain Christian Subject(s): Religious Discrimination; Religious Conflict | ||||||||
FOR the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God! Thou hast made thy children mighty, By the touch of the mountain-sod. Thou hast fixed our ark of refuge Where the spoiler's 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 light 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 the rod; For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God! For the dark resounding caverns, Where thy still, small voice is heard; For the strong pines of the forests, That by thy breath are stirred; 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! The banner of the chieftain Far, far below us waves; The war-horse of the spearman Cannot reach our lofty caves; Thy dark clouds wrap the threshold Of freedom's last abode; For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God! For the shadow of thy presence, Round our camp of rock outspread; For the stern defiles of battle, Bearing record of our dead; For the snows and for the torrents, For the free heart's burial-sod; For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: YEE BOW by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK; 1658 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER JOHN UNDERHILL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER LATIMER AND RIDLEY, BURNED AT THE STAKE IN OXFORD, 1555 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE NEW ANTHEM by NORMAN BOLKER ROGER WILLIAMS by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH AN EXPOSTULATION WITH A SECTARIST, WHO INVEIGHED AGAINST THE CLERGY by JOHN BYROM ON THE GROUND OF TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION by JOHN BYROM A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO ZEALOTS UPON THE &C. IN THE OATH by JOHN CLEVELAND A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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