The phrase "and dale" resonates through 12 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
and dale
...For her salvation waits,
And hill and dale shall sweetly sing,
With praise in all her gates....
For her salvation waits,
And hill and dale shall sweetly sing,
With praise in all her gates.
...For all the beauties of the wood,
Of hill, and dale, and field.
Ten thousand various flowers...
For all the beauties of the wood,
Of hill, and dale, and field.
Ten thousand various flowers
...Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping;
Love alone his watch is keeping—...
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping;
Love alone his watch is keeping—
...Then rode three kings together,
Over desert, hill, and dale:
Naught caring for the weather,...
Then rode three kings together,
Over desert, hill, and dale:
Naught caring for the weather,
...Let the song, by them begun,
Waft o’er hill and dale and sea,
Praising humbled Deity....
Let the song, by them begun,
Waft o’er hill and dale and sea,
Praising humbled Deity.
...We’ve seen Thy glory like a mantle spread
O’er hill and dale in saffron flame and red;
But in the eyes of men, redeemed and free,...
We’ve seen Thy glory like a mantle spread
O’er hill and dale in saffron flame and red;
But in the eyes of men, redeemed and free,
...Ring on! Ring on!
O’er hill and dale, through wildest dells,
Ring on! Ring on!...
Ring on! Ring on!
O’er hill and dale, through wildest dells,
Ring on! Ring on!
...Shall it be you—shall it be I?
Who shall sound the tale over hill and dale?
Shall you? Shall I?...
Shall it be you—shall it be I?
Who shall sound the tale over hill and dale?
Shall you? Shall I?
...Freshness to bestow:
Hills and dales sweetly dance,
Nature’s mirthful hosts advance,...
Freshness to bestow:
Hills and dales sweetly dance,
Nature’s mirthful hosts advance,
...To Thee, whose Word, the fount of light unsealing,
When hill and dale in thickest darkness lay,
Awoke bright rays across the dim earth stealing,...
To Thee, whose Word, the fount of light unsealing,
When hill and dale in thickest darkness lay,
Awoke bright rays across the dim earth stealing,
...Amid fear and darkness, ’til the morning break;
Fairer than the day-dawn, hills and dales among,
When its tide of glory wakes the tide of song....
Amid fear and darkness, ’til the morning break;
Fairer than the day-dawn, hills and dales among,
When its tide of glory wakes the tide of song.
...Away! with loyal hearts and true,
O’er hill and dale they pressed
Full four score weary miles, to do...
Away! with loyal hearts and true,
O’er hill and dale they pressed
Full four score weary miles, to do
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