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XIV.
Nor could any cold e'er prevent
That he stayed in the water o'er nights;
And to gain the grand kingdom of heaven,
Through the day he used preach on the heights.
That he stayed in the water o'er nights;
And to gain the grand kingdom of heaven,
Through the day he used preach on the heights.
XV.
By the far-famous fount of the North,
Benibarka! thy waters sha'n't cease;
For a hundred full psalms he used sing
Each night the Lord's praise to increase.
Benibarka! thy waters sha'n't cease;
For a hundred full psalms he used sing
Each night the Lord's praise to increase.
XVI.
Then he slept on a cold bed of stone,
And with a wet cover was dressed;
A stone was his pillow each night—
Such, such was the saint's nightly rest.
And with a wet cover was dressed;
A stone was his pillow each night—
Such, such was the saint's nightly rest.
XVII.
To the people the Gospel was preached,
With power and with miracles signed;
The blind and the lepers were cured,
And Death his dead subjects resigned.
With power and with miracles signed;
The blind and the lepers were cured,
And Death his dead subjects resigned.
XVIII.
Saint Patrick did preach to the Scots,
And in Letavia much he endured,
That whom he had won to the Lord
In Judgment's dread day be secured.
And in Letavia much he endured,
That whom he had won to the Lord
In Judgment's dread day be secured.
