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OLD NORWAY.
Old Norway rises up to war,
The Signal-summons free and far
Arouses all her fair-haired Sons,
The dauntless and the Mighty Ones!
The Signal-summons free and far
Arouses all her fair-haired Sons,
The dauntless and the Mighty Ones!
The embattled rocks—the emblackened woods—
The gusty hills—and roaring floods—
These too might well appear to share
In stern Old Norway's marshalled war!
The gusty hills—and roaring floods—
These too might well appear to share
In stern Old Norway's marshalled war!
But blackened woods—and battled rocks—
And bellowing torrents' startling shocks—
Thundering defiance and command—
These cannot guard—nor save a Land.
And bellowing torrents' startling shocks—
Thundering defiance and command—
These cannot guard—nor save a Land.
'Tis Love's unconquerable heart
That plays on Earth a Godlike part—
Mightier than thunderbolt and brand—
That makes invincible—the Land!
That plays on Earth a Godlike part—
Mightier than thunderbolt and brand—
That makes invincible—the Land!
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