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WHERE THE EAGLE IS KING.

Thomas Buchanan Read. William F. Hartley.

Martial style.

1. Where sweeps round the moun - tains the cloud on the

2. I mount the wild horse with no sad - dle or

3. When A - pril is sound - ing his horn o'er the


gale, And streams from their foun - tains leap in - to the

rein, And guide his swift course with a grasp on

hills, And brook - lets are bound- ing in joy to the


vale,— As fright - ened deer leap when the storm with his

mane; Thro' paths steep and nar - row, and scorn - ing the

mills,— When warm Au - gust slum - bers a - mong her green