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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOUNT EVEREST, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: As in the furnace fared the holy feet
Last Line: Is thine eternal chastity of snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Everest, Mount
First Line: As in the furnace fared the holy feet
Last Line: Is thine eternal chastity of snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Everest, Mount
As in the furnace fared the holy feet,
Unblemished by the sevenfold fervor, so,
Nearest the sun, cold-whitening in heat,
Is thine eternal chastity of snow.
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