Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MANSFIELD, by ELLEN ELIZA HALL PHILIPS


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MANSFIELD, by                    
First Line: Around me rise / the 'hills' of god
Last Line: Thy memory dearer than thyself shall be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, Ada J.
Subject(s): Mount Mansfield, Vermont


Around me rise
The "hills of God"—the wooded mountain tops—
In silent majesty. Before me stands
The peerless Mansfield, with its profile vast
Uplifted to the sky. Thus might, of old,
Some giant Titan look, when laid at rest
On Pelion's heights in calm and conscious strength.

The snows of winter, like a hoary beard,
Are lingering on his massive lips and chin
Despite the smiles of sweet and sunny June.
Silent and awed I sit beneath the spell
Of his vast presence, as a pilgrim bows
Before the shrine to which his weary feet
Have made their wonted pilgrimage.

From thee I turn,
O slumbering giant, with a calm farewell,—
And yet, if I may be so blest once more
To sit at sunset in my peaceful home,
Lulling my babe to rest, ... thine outline vast
Shall rise full oft upon the amber skies
In vivid imagery, and I shall seem
Once more to sit upon this flowery bank
And gaze upon thy grandeur.
Thus, to me
Thy memory dearer than thyself shall be.





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