No pitying voice commands a halt,
No courage can repel the dire assault;

The unfeeling Elements no claim sh raise

Distracted, spiritless, benumbed, and To rob our Human-nature of j

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praise

For what she did and suffered. Pled

sure

Of a deliverance absolute and pure
She gave, if Faith might tread the beat
ways

Of Providence. But now did the M
High

Exalt his still small voice;-to quell th
Host

Gathered his power, a manifest ally;
He, whose heaped waves confounded t
proud boast

Of Pharaoh, said to Famine, Snow, a "Finish the strife by deadliest victory Frost,

XXXVII.

THE GERMANS ON THE HEIGHTS OF
HOCHHEIM.

Sing ye, with blossoms crowned, and [Composed 1820.-Published 1822 (Memorial

fruits, and flowers,

Of Winter's breath surcharged with sleety

showers,

And the dire flapping of his hoary wing!

a Tour, &c.). ABRUPTLY paused the strife;-the

throughout

Resting upon his arms each warrior sto
Checked in the very act and deed of bl

Knit the blithe dance upon the soft green With breath suspended, like a listen

* grass; With feet, hands, eyes, looks, lips, report your gain;

Whisper it to the billows of the main,
And to the aerial zephyrs as they pass,
That old decrepit Winter-He hath
slain

Uttered to Heaven in ecstasy devout

That Host, which rendered all your boun- The barrier Rhine hath flashed, thr

XXXVIII.
NOVEMBER, 1813.

[Composed November, 1813.-Published 1815.]

Now that all hearts are glad, all faces bright,

I saw, in wondrous pérspective displayed,
A landscape more august than happiest
skill
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Of pencil ever clothed with light and
shade;

An intermingled pomp of vale and hill,
City, and naval stream, suburban grove,
And stately forest where the wild deer
rove;

IO

Jur aged Sovereign sits, to the ebb and flow states and kingdoms, to their joy or Nor wanted lurking hamlet, dusky towns, And scattered rural farms of aspect bright;

woe,

sensible. He sits deprived of sight,
nd lamentably wrapped in twofold night,
Thom no weak hopes deceived; whose
mind ensued,
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hrough perilous war, with regal fortitude,
tace that should claim respect from law-
less Might.

read King of Kings, vouchsafe a ray divine

his forlorn condition! let thy grace 10 pon his inner soul in mercy shine; ermit his heart to kindle, and to embrace hough it were only for a moment's space)

e triumphs of this hour1; for they are

THINE!

And, here and there, between the pas

eye

Issued, to sudden view, a glorious Form!
Earthward it glided with a swift descent:
Saint George himself this Visitant must
be;

And, ere a thought could ask on what
intent

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He sought the regions of humanity,
A thrilling voice was heard, that vivified
City and field and flood;-aloud it cried-

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"Though from my celestial home,
Like a Champion, armed I come;
On my helm the dragon crest,
And the red cross on my breast;
I, the Guardian of this Land,
Speak not now of toilsome duty;
Well obeyed was that command-
Whence bright days of festive beauty;
Haste, Virgins, haste!-the flowers which

summer gave

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Have perished in the field; But the green thickets plenteously shall yield

Fit garlands for the brave,

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