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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARLES GEORGE GORDON, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Not kilimanjaro towering to the sun
Last Line: Ah, deathless is the glory, is the shame!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Death; Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885); Kilimanjaro, Mount (africa); Dead, The
First Line: Not kilimanjaro towering to the sun
Last Line: Ah, deathless is the glory, is the shame!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Death; Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885); Kilimanjaro, Mount (africa); Dead, The
NOT Kilimanjáro towering to the sun
Could mate his grandeur as he stood, at morn —
The last hope vanished, the last moment run —
Facing his murderous foes with silent scorn
Till his high soul was freed in Afric air! ...
Then from the sorrowing world there burst acclaim
For him, abandoned, yet above despair,
For him who boldest paths of service trod,
Forever in the shadow or the flame!
And so he perished — he, a knight of God —
Ah, deathless is the glory, is the shame!
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