Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A POET'S APPEAL FOR THE NATURAL: 3. THE MOUNTAINS, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON First Line: And measure not our mountain peaks Last Line: And trace his signature in stone! Subject(s): Mountains; Nature; Poetry & Poets; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
And measure not our mountain peaks By water-power and cash accounts. Wouldst thou tear Tacoma's ermine crown From off his beetling Roman brow, And whittle down the brow itself To man-made terraces? Must old Niagara cease to sing, And leap in frenzied glory from His Alpine heightsto run a belt? "Tis but Philistine cruelty The boring Samson's eyes, to make A slave a-grinding at a mill! Hear ye, O blind iconoclasts! Leave some rare spots upon the globe Where man can read God's primal law, And trace his signature in stone! | 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 HUSTLE FOR THE FAIR by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON |
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