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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MONT BLANC, by HUMPHRY DAVY
First Line: With joy I view thee, bathed in purple light
Last Line: But never lose their native purity.
Subject(s): Blanc, Mont
First Line: With joy I view thee, bathed in purple light
Last Line: But never lose their native purity.
Subject(s): Blanc, Mont
WITH joy I view thee, bathed in purple light,
Whilst all around is dark; with joy I see
Thee rising from thy sea of pitchy clouds
Into the middle heaven, --
As if a temple to the Eternal raised
By all the earth, framed of the pillar'd rock,
And canopied with everlasting snow! --
That lovely river, rolling at my feet
Its bright green waves, and winding 'midst the rocks,
Brown in their winter's foliage, gain'd from thee
Its flood of waters; through a devious course,
Though it has laved the fertile plains, and wash'd
The cities' walls, and mingled with the streams
Of lowland origin, yet still preserves
Its native character of mountain strength, --
Its colour, and its motion. Such are those
Amongst the generations of mankind
To whom the stream of thought descends from heaven,
With all the force of reason and the power
Of sacred genius. Through the world they pass
Still uncorrupted, and on what they take
From social life bestow a character
Of dignity. Greater they become,
But never lose their native purity.
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