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Over the hills, and over the main,
To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;
The Queen commands, and we'll read more
Over the hills, and over the main,
To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;
The Queen commands, and we'll obey,
Over the hills and far away.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
[Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]
To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
[Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]
Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble,
and from Ossa hurled Pelion.
Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble,
and from Ossa hurled Pelion.
Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.
Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.
Daily with souls that cringe and plot,
We Sinais climb and know it not.
Daily with souls that cringe and plot,
We Sinais climb and know it not.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains
