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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STATE UNIVERSITY, by SARAH SHOOK HUGHLETT
First Line: She brought the precious things from time's rich store
Last Line: The debt I owe to that fair mountain height.
Subject(s): Universities & Colleges
First Line: She brought the precious things from time's rich store
Last Line: The debt I owe to that fair mountain height.
Subject(s): Universities & Colleges
She brought the precious things from Time's rich store,
And laid them at my feet, and asked no price.
And thus she did, not once, nor twice, nor thrice;
Uncounted times she came with treasure-lore,
And bade me take all that I would, and more,
Enough to fill my days with some device
Of happy usefulness, by laws precise,
Though long my years should last beyond fourscore.
She asked no price. But every brimming day
That spreads along my path its fresh, new light,
Or sends a gleam to penetrate the night
Of some deep fen, where I have lost my way,
Brings more insistent impulse to repay
The debt I owe to that fair mountain height.
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