VII.
Yet, strong in weakness, there they stand,
On yonder ice-bound rock,
Stern and resolved, that faithful band,
To meet fate’s rudest shock.
Though anguish rends the father’s breast,
For them, his dearest and his best,
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With him the waste who trod—
Though tears that freeze, the mother sheds
Upon her children’s houseless heads—
The Christian turns to God!