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 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
 And robes the mountain in its azure hue.  
 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
 And robes the mountain in its azure hue. 
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
 What is the voice of strange command
 Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
  With love that read more 
 What is the voice of strange command
 Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
  With love that cannot brook delay,
   To rise and follow the ways that wend
    Over the hills and far away. 
 Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
 Eternal sunshine settles on its head.  
 Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
 Eternal sunshine settles on its head. 
 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. 
 I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, 
that undertook to lay the high read more 
 I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, 
that undertook to lay the high mountain Pelion on the top of 
Ossa, and set among those the shady Olympus. 
 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.