<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Refuge</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I <span class="smallcaps">will</span> lift mine eyes to the mountains,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To the mountains whence cometh my aid;</p><p class="line">I shall drink of the Mercy's crystal fountains,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And shall not be afraid.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">St. Patrick and St. Bride be with me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And all the saints of the Gael;</p><p class="line">The wings of Heaven above and beneath me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The dead of Inisfail.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The caves of the mountains shall receive me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">I shall lie as at a mother's breast</p><p class="line">The white food the King of Heaven shall give me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And the wine of Heaven for feast.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Where the eagle screams over Nephin,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Where the Reek of Patrick looks on the isles,</p><p class="line">li-orn the voices of the world that fret and deafen,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">From the evil in her smiles,</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I shall creep, and the mountains will hold me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">As a lamb that runs with the ewe,</p><p class="line">The warmth of the mother shall enfold me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">I shall have milk and dew.</p></div></body></html> · Great War