The Saints, while blood embathed their land,15
Preserved amid its solitudes;
Or often from their silence rose,
And, strong in selfless ardour, sought
The Saxon heaths, the Alpine snows,
To preach the gentle rede the Celtic Herdsman taught.20
I. 2.
The rugged Chief in richer cell
The cresset hung by field or foam,
Where hermit pure in peace might dwell,