My heart goes to the mountains
That I so long have missed,
The blue hills on skyline
Bird-haunted sunshine kissed
For in my soul I see them,
The gullies golden green,
Where from the hopvine tangle
The bellbirds chime unseen
My heart turns to the mountains
That I so long have missed.
The clouds that go so quickly
The whole hill seems to lean,
I want to breathe cool air thin and keen
My heart turns to high places all men have long adored
The proud and lonely mountains
The Alters of the Lord.
My heart turns to the mountains
That I so long have missed. |