Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANNUNCIATION, by GEORGES DUHAMEL First Line: From the tall mountain's brow Last Line: And the man that it will crush. Subject(s): Hearts; Mountains; Trees; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
FROM the tall mountain's brow A broken mass of rock Rolls down the wrinkles of the deep ravine As though it were a heavy tear of granite. If it seems to stop for a space It is but to roll on with a fiercer leap; A stag set free will not more swiftly reach its cave. It bounds forth mightily And plucks out at their very roots The pines and juniper trees. Also the wood-cutters toiling upon the slope Feel a disquietude upon their backs; And terror freezes their entrails, While this scourge approaches Which no man has yet seen. But I among the heather sunk in deepest peace Have a heart as calm as is a hooded falcon's, My skin is clear with blood that nothing can affright: For I know the mountain and the road of avalanches, And that the stone may not fall where I am. But I can point out far below The trees that it will fell And the man that it will crush. | 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 BALLAD OF FLORENTIN by GEORGES DUHAMEL |
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