Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOUNTAIN, by EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: What wrecks of time and storm are crumbling here! Last Line: To faiths that blaze immaculately bright. Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
WHAT wrecks of Time and Storm are crumbling here! The rocks that seemed eternal shattered lie, And pines that sang their glorias to the sky In mute dismemberment stretch prone and drear. Beneath this gloomful shade, wide-spreading near, What hidden thoughts in loneliness may sigh, What spirits of the past may wander by, Their cheeks bedewed with unavailing tear! But look beyond: the towering summits glow With grand magnificence of dazzling light, That tints with rainbow hues their bosoming snow. And as we gaze, a more than mortal might Lifts the rapt soul from all the glooms below To faiths that blaze immaculately bright. | 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 JOUVENCE by EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR |
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