Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THESE TIMELESS PEAKS, by ELEANOR ADAMS MATTHEWS


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THESE TIMELESS PEAKS, by                    
First Line: Sleeper awake! Here is eternity
Last Line: These timeless peaks are not akin to man.
Subject(s): Time


Sleeper awake! Here is eternity.
This clear, pale light, this sovereign peace
Is not of any mortal world.

The valleys are the slaves of man;
They yield their fat unto his need,
And where he rears his towns
He scoops and plies them to his whim.

On these great heights, barren, hushed, untamed --
He may but gaze.
These timeless peaks are not akin to man.





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