Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LONELY PEAKS, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography First Line: The summit is deserted, is gloomy, inclement Last Line: And brought to the summit and left here alone. Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness | ||||||||
The summit is deserted, is gloomy, inclement; Black pits engulf it. To the far horizon Naught greets the eye save solitude eternal, And far-spreading winter. And yet, O Lord, there are The prints of bare feetmen have been here before me! There are irons and bonesI have seen these before! I was below, with mine eyes fixed on the mountain; Two beings passed while my face was upturned. Their countenance glowed as the sun of the morning; They were strangers to me, as they shone through their garments, But the starlight I saw in the glance of their eye. And one seemed most frank, and one somewhat prouder, And one, as they walked on together, said low: "Believe!" and the other: "Think!" and I wondered. And the brow of the one bore the single word: Conscience. On the brow of the other glowed the single word: Truth. On them fed my glances, moved by their beauty; These stern beings then gave me signal to rise And them did I follow, 'tis they who have led me And brought to the summit and left here alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO |
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