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INTRODUCTORY STANZAS.
THE THEMES OF SONG.
Of truth, of grandeur, beauty, love, and hope,
And melancholy fear subdued by faith.
Wordsworth.
Where shall the minstrel find a theme?
—Where'er, for freedom shed,
Brave blood hath dyed some ancient stream,
Amidst the mountains, red.
Where'er a rock, a fount, a grove,
Bears record to the faith
Of love, deep, holy, fervent love,
Victor o'er fear and death.
