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First Line: Nobly thy song, o minstrel! Rushed to meet
Last Line: With the deep worship of a living soul.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Bible


NOBLY thy song, O minstrel! rushed to meet
Th' Eternal on the pathway of the blast.
With darkness round him as a mantle cast,
And cherubim to waft his flying seat.
Amidst the hills that smoked beneath his feet,
With trumpet-voice thy spirit called aloud,
And bade the trembling rocks his name repeat,
And the bent cedars, and the bursting cloud.
But far more gloriously to earth made known
By that high strain, than by the thunder's tone,
The flashing torrents, or the ocean's roll,
Jehovah spake, through thee imbreathing fire,
Nature's vast realms for ever to inspire
With the deep worship of a living soul.





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