Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON THE HILL, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: A hundred miles of landscape spread before me like a fan Last Line: How many thousand times shall I look on them ere this fire in me is dead? Subject(s): Mountains; Time; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
A HUNDRED miles of landscape spread before me like a fan; Hills behind naked hills, bronze light of evening on them shed; How many thousand ages have these summits spied on man? How many thousand times shall I look on them ere this fire in me is dead? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH ARIZONA POEMS: 2. MEXICAN QUARTER by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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