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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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THE<br />

SIX SISTERS OF THE VALLEYS,<br />

CHAPTER I.<br />

THE CHTECH OF CEXTUEIES.<br />

Chuech <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mountains ! Church <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Valleys ! At<br />

dove ! Thou<br />

once <strong>the</strong> eagle <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong><br />

hast set thy nest in a rock,<br />

<strong>an</strong>d for thy worship Nature herself hath<br />

reared a shrine. Wondrous in thine <strong>an</strong>-<br />

tiquity ! Wondrous<br />

in thy purity ! Won-<br />

drous in thy martyrs ! Wondrous in thy<br />

littleness ! Wondrous in thine invinci-<br />

bility ! Wondrous<br />

in thy solitude, amidst<br />

<strong>the</strong> apostacies <strong>of</strong> nations !<br />

Had <strong>an</strong> apostle surveyed Europe in <strong>the</strong><br />

twelfth century, his eye might have rested<br />

with complacency on <strong>the</strong> crystal pinnacles<br />

<strong>of</strong> Monte Viso, whose snows <strong>an</strong>d crags<br />

VOL. II. b

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