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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOUNTAINEER AND POET, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The simple goatherd between alp and sky Last Line: Nor bright because god's glory shines for you. Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | |||
THE simple goatherd between Alp and sky, Seeing his shadow, in that awful tryst, Dilated to a giant's on the mist, Esteems not his own stature larger by The apparent image, but more patiently Strikes his staff down beneath his clenching fist, While the snow-mountains lift their amethyst And sapphire crowns of splendor, far and nigh, Into the air around him. Learn from hence Meek morals, all ye poets that pursue Your way still onward up to eminence! Ye are not great because creation drew Large revelations round your earliest sense, Nor bright because God's glory shines for you. | 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 A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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