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MOUNTAINEER-SONG.


Blow, mountain-breeze! all wild, like thee,
    Unfetter'd as thy wing, I rove;
With airy step and spirit free,
    From snowy cliff, to shadowy grove!
And teach lone echoes to prolong,
From Caves remote, my sprightly song,
        Blow, mountain-breeze!

No sigh for pomp or state I breathe,
    For me, the sun-beam smiles in gold!
I envy not the victor's wreath,
    For me the Alpine flow'rs unfold!
Gay, simple, free, I rove along,
And wood and hill resound my song,
        Blow, mountain-breeze!