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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS From "The Aureole." Heart of the Hills. By Albert Durrant Watson.

Friend of the steadfast heart, When day is done And night falls westward, After all these stern restraints of will, In that glad hour When kind, mysterious Death Rides down the wind And hurricanes of flames Unloose our wings To the great life beyond, Then crush me to your heart And I will fold you As a flower to mine Before the face of God. And we shall mount In chariot of the blast To heights of ecstasy and power, The stern, dark beauty of the sky Unveiled to open view In one tremendous storm-betrothal To Love's immortal youth. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In that new love-land of our dream, Where violet odours With the wild thrush-music blend Beside the singing streams, I'll lay Love's Aureole upon your brow And love you as I love you now.

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