[324] Dif-fuseˊ, to spread, to extend in all directions.
[325] Perˊ-ils, dangers.
[326] Voˊ-tive, given by vow, devoted.
[327] Im-perˊ-vi-ous, not to be penetrated or passed through.
[328] Ægis, shield, protection.
[329] Ban-ditˊ-ti, outlaws, highwaymen, robbers.
XXXVIII.—HYMN OF THE MOUNTAINEERS.
MRS. HEMANS.
Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans was born in England in 1794, and died in 1835. Her poetry is not only remarkable for purity and delicacy of feeling, but is often marked by ardent and vigorous expression.