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Where the great green combers break in thunder on the barrier reefs	A
Where unceasing sounds the mighty diapason of the deep	B
Ringed in bursts of wild wave laughter ringed in leagues of flying foam	C
Long lagoons of softest azure curving beaches white as snow	D
Lap in sweetness and in beauty all the isles of Owhyhee	E
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Land more lovely sun ne'er shone on than these isles of Owhyhee	E
Spendthrift Nature's wild profusion fashioned them like fairy bowers	F
Yet behind below the sweetness underneath the passion flowers	F
Lurked grim deeds and things of horror grisly Deaths and ceaseless Fears	G
Fears and Deaths that walked in Darkness grisly Deaths and ceaseless Fears	G
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Mauna Loa Mona Lo ah	H
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Kilauea Kil o ee ah	H
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Hal Mau Mau Ha lee Mah oo Mah oo	I
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On the slope of Mauna Loa in the pit of Kilauea	J
In the lake of molten lava in the sea of living fire	K
In the place of Ceaseless Burnings in her home of Wrath and Terror	K
Dwelt the dreadful goddess P l P l of the Lake of Fire	K
P l of the place of torment P l of the Lake of Fire	K
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In the dim far off beginnings P l flung the islands up	L
From the bottom of the ocean from the darksome underworld	M
Built them for a house to dwell in built them for herself alone	N
So she claimed them and their people claimed them as her very own	N
And they feared her and they worshipped	O
P l the Remorseless One	P
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But at times when she lay sleeping underneath the lake of fire	K
They forgot to do her reverence they forgot the fiery one	P
Then in wrath the goddess thundered from the Lake of Ceaseless Burnings	Q
Flamed and thundered in her anger till the very skies were red	R
Poured black ruin on the island shook it to its rocky bed	R
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Then in fear the people trembled and bethought them of their sins	S
And the great high priest of P l came like Death down Mauna Loa	J
Came to soothe the awful goddess came to choose the sacrifice	T
Chose the fairest youth or maiden pointed with a deadly finger	K
Led them weeping up the mountain victims to the Lake of Fire	K
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On the snowy beach of coral youths and maidens full of laughter	K
Flower bedecked and full of laughter sported gaily in the sun	P
Up above the slender palm trees swung and shivered in the trade wind	U
All around them flowers and spices red hibiscus sweet pandanus	V
And behind the labouring mountain groaned and growled unceasingly	J
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Sea and sunshine	W
Care is moonshine	W
All our hearts are light with laughter	K
We are free	X
As sun and sea	X
What care we for what comes after	K
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Bride	Y
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Life was sweet before Love found her	K
In his faery bowers	F
Life is sweeter	K
And completer	K
Since he found her	K
There and crowned her	K
With his fadeless flowers	F
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Bridegroom	Z
Love sought long before he found her	K
Ne'er was love like ours	F
Long he sought her	K
E'er he caught her	K
But he found her	K
There and bound her	K
With his fadeless flowers	F
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Gaily sporting	A2
Pleasure courting	A2
Nought know we of care or sorrow	K
We are free	K
As sun and sea	K
What care we what comes to morrow	K
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Louder still and louder P l roars within her lake of fire	K
And the youths and maidens trembling look in fear up Mauna Loa	J
Dreading sight of that grim figure stalking down the mountain side	Y
For when P l claims her victims none the summons may avoid	B2
P l calls for whom she chooses whom she chooses goes and dies	C2
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See He comes They start in terror There along the mountain side	Y
Death comes stalking slowly surely P l must be satisfied	Y
Which among them will he summon with his dreadful pointing finger	K
All their hearts become as water all their faces blanch with fear	K
Deaths they suffer in the waiting while dread Death draws near	K
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Now he stands in dreadful menace seeking with a baleful eye	D2
For the sweetest and the fairest for the meetest sacrifice	T
Choose O choose they cry in terror choose your victim and be gone	E2
For we each die deaths while waiting till dread P l 's choice be known	N
Choose your victim Priest of P l choose your victim and be gone	E2
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Slowly points the dreadful finger marks the newly wedded bride	Y
All the rest save one fall from her as the living from the dead	R
From the first of time's beginnings P l ne'er has been gainsayed	R
P l chooses whom she chooses each and all the choice abide	R
For the common good and safety P l must be satisfied	R
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Still the mountain reels and shudders still the awful thunders peal	J
Like a snake the ruthless finger holds them all in terror still	J
One is there whose life is broken parted from his chosen bride	R
But the threatening finger heedless of the lives it may divide	R
Lights upon a tiny maiden P l must be satisfied	R
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Slow the grim high priest of P l turns to climb the mountain side	R
Slow the victims turn and follow P l must be satisfied	R
And the rest shrink dumb and helpless daring not to lift an eye	D2
And beyond the labouring mountain cracks and belches living fires	F
Till the island reels and shudders at dread P l 's agonies	F2
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But a greater one than P l walked the mountain side that day	R
To them climbing dumb and dim eyed like a flash of heavenly flame	G2
Swift and bright as saving angel fair Kapiolani came	G2
Swiftly as a saving angel gleaming like a heavenly flame	G2
Thirsting like a sword for battle fair Kapiolani came	G2
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Radiant with the faith of martyrs all aglow with new born zeal	J
Burning to release the people from the bondage and the thrall	J
From the deadly thrall of P l from the ever threatening doom	Z
From the everlasting menace from the awful lake of fire	K
Like a bright avenging angel fair Kapiolani came	G2
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Hear me now you priest of P l and ye men of Owhyhee	E
Hearken ye who cringe and tremble at the sound of Kilauea	J
Fearful of the wrath of P l fearful of the lake of fire	K
Priest I say there is no P l P l is not never was	H2
P l lives but in your legends there is only one true God	R
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Curs d thrice accurs d you who thus great P l do defy	D2
Here upon her sacred mountain of a surety you shall die	D2
P l mighty P l Vengeance Strike her with thy dreadful doom	Z
So let every scoffer perish P l P l P l come	I2
And Kapiolani answered P l P l P l come	I2
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Loud the mountain roared and thundered shuddered all who heard and saw	J2
Dauntless stood Kapiolani dauntless with her faithful few	K2
Come she cried again Come P l Smite me with thy dreadful doom	Z
I am waiting mighty P l P l P l P l come	I2
And the mountain roared and thundered but the goddess did not come	I2
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Hearken Priest You have deceived us All your life has been a lie	D2
Black your heart is red your hands are with the blood of those who die	D2
All these years you have misled us with your awful threats of doom	Z
Now it ends I do defy you and your goddess I defy	D2
P l is not never has been All your worship is a lie	D2
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I will climb your sacred mountain I will dare your lake of fire	K
I will eat your sacred berries I will dare your goddess there	K
There and then to wreak her vengeance then and there to come in fire	K
And with awful burnings end me now and for eternity	R
But if P l does not end me then her worship ends this day	R
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Then the great high priest of P l turned to fiery Kilauea	D2
Come he said the goddess calls you and they climbed the mountain side	R
Up the slopes of Mauna Loa to the hell of Kilauea	D2
With the bright blue sky above them with the blazing sun above them	L2
While the mountain shook beneath them and its head was wrapped in fire	K
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Fearful hopeful all the people crept along the shaking path	M2
Hardly breathing at their daring thus to brave dread P l 's wrath	M2
Bending low lest she should see them breathing soft lest she should hear	K
Certain that Kapiolani would be sacrificed that day	R
To the vengeance of the goddess to the anger of P l	D2
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As little child	R
On mother's breast	R
O rest my heart	R
Have rest	R
Who rests on Him	N2
Is surely blest	R
So rest my heart	R
Have rest	R
As warrior bold	R
His foes among	O2
Be strong my heart	R
Be strong	P2
Who rests on Him	N2
Shall ne'er go wrong	P2
Be strong my heart	R
Be strong	P2
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Thus Kapiolani dauntless singing softly as she went	R
With a face as calm and fearless as a child on pleasure bent	R
Climbed the side of Mauna Loa to the dreadful lake of fire	K
While the mountain shook and thundered while the people blanched and shuddered	R
Climbed to Hal Mau Mau to the dreadful lake of fire	K
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All the people waited trembling stood afar off pale and trembling	A2
While Kapiolani fearless climbed up to the lake of fire	K
With the fiery glow all round her with a heavenly light about her	K
Shining with a radiance brighter than since time began had shone	N
From the Lake of Ceaseless Burnings from the dreadful lake of fire	K
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Here she cried I pluck your berries P l and I give you none	P
See I eat your sacred berries P l and I give you none	P
P l here I break your tabus Come with all your dreadful fires	F
Burn me P l I defy you P l P l P l come	I2
Come now P l or for ever own that you are overcome	I2
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P l comes not Is she sleeping Is she wandering to day	R
Is she busy with her burnings Has the goddess nought to say	R
Hear me friends There is no P l One true God alone there is	Q2
His this mountain His these burnings You and I and all things His	Q2
Goodness Mercy Loving Kindness Life Eternal all are His	Q2
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From this day let no man tremble when he feels the mountain shake	R2
From this day no man or maiden shall be killed for P l 's sake	R2
From this day we break the thraldom of the dreadful lake of fire	K
From this day we pass for ever from the scourge of P l 's rod	R
From this day Thou Lord Jehovah be our one and only God	R