GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK
Philadelphia, January 1850

THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO GREAT BRITAIN
BY REV. H. HASTINGS WELD.
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FAR in the hoar and dreamy past
The gloomy Druid weaves his spells;
O'er mountains wild and dreary waste
Supreme his stern dominion dwells.
'Differing tribes beneath his power
Unite to own his fearful thrall;
Subject and chief before him cower –
Priest, monarch, master over all.
The human heart, within his fane,
Weeps its lust blood in orgies dire;
Youth, beauty, pity, all in vain,
Would quench the sacrificial fire.
Day broke. This pagan land beheld
A marvelous and holy light:
The glory of the Cross dispelled
The darkness of Druidic night.



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