Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRESENCE, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography First Line: The mountain statelier lifts his blue-veiled head Last Line: "truth's simplest message: ""'t is by love ye live." Subject(s): Blue Mountains, Maine | ||||||||
THE mountain statelier lifts his blue-veiled head, While, drawing near, we meet him face to face. Here, as on holy ground, we softly tread; Yet, with a tender and paternal grace, He gives the wild-flowers in his lap a place: They climb his sides, as fondled infants might, And wind around him, in a light embrace, Their summer drapery, pink and clinging white. Great hearts have largest room to bless the small; Strong natures give the weaker home and rest: So Christ took little children to his breast, And, with a reverence more profound, we fall In the majestic presence that can give Truth's simplest message: "'T is by love ye live." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A STRIP OF BLUE by LUCY LARCOM THE BROWN THRUSH by LUCY LARCOM THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL, 1861 by LUCY LARCOM A HEART'S PRAYER by LUCY LARCOM A LOYAL WOMAN'S NO by LUCY LARCOM A YEAR IN HEAVEN by LUCY LARCOM |
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