Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BRIDE, by THOMAS HORNSBY FERRIL


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First Line: After the turgid incidence and when
Last Line: "the peak seemed highest, whispering, ""take me there."
Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


After the turgid incidence and when
The last mad whispering had darkly blown
Away, letting the woods be real again,
He propped his elbow on a lichened stone.
"I've climbed that mountain many times alone,"
He said at length. She stared, then asked him how
One felt at timberline. He answered, "One
Feels much as we do now," remembering snow
That must have cooled whatever long ago
Had cracked the rocks with terrible ecstasy.
"It's not so wild up there, you feel as though
Something were finished. You're at peace with sky
And earth, as we are now." She pointed where
The peak seemed highest, whispering, "Take me there."





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