 God! The royal eagle darteth On his quarry from the heights, And the stag that knows no master But we, for thy communion, Have sought the mountain sod ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers  The British Female Poets - Page 263by George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 pages
...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! ISRAEL AMONG THE RUINS OF CANAAN. KEHLE. WHERE is the land with milk and honey flowing, The promise... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...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 Uess thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! Tin- banner of the chieftain Far, far below us waves ; The war-horse... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1845 - 382 pages
...their soul of tenderness : Leave me not yet ! HYMN OF THE VAUDOIS MOUNTAINEERS IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION. 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 fix'd our ark of... | |
 | 1846 - 200 pages
...quarry from the heights, And the stag that knows no master, Seeks there his wild delights. But \\et for thy communion Have sought the mountain sod, For...the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God. Peyran states further particulars respecting the persecutions that were inflicted upon these believers... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...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 ! WASHINGTON'S STATUE. YES ! rear thy guardian hero's form On thy proud soil, thou Western World !... | |
 | 1846 - 206 pages
...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, etc. The banner of the chieftain Far, far below us waves, The war horse of the spearman Cai;not reach... | |
 | Hill Dawe Wickham - 1847 - 264 pages
...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 ! " After the Duke of Savoy had broken with, the King of France, Fort Mirabouc, and the several little... | |
 | 1852 - 798 pages
...altar, 'Midst the silence of the sky. The rock yields founts of courage Struck forth as by Thy rod — For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God ! For the dark resounding heavens, Where thy still small voice is heard, For the strong pines of the... | |
 | Stephen W. q (Stephen Watkins) Clark - 1847 - 242 pages
...altar Midst the silence of the sky; The rocks yield founts of courage, Struck forth as by thy rod ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers' God."—Mrs. Hemans. I had a seeming friend;—I gave him gifts and he was gone ; I had an open enemy;... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...altar 'Mid the silence of the sky: The rocks yield founts of courage, Struck forth as by thy 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... | |
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