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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE COVE, by MARY FANNY YOUNGS
First Line: There's a hill above the harbor
Last Line: Beyond the shining west.
Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
First Line: There's a hill above the harbor
Last Line: Beyond the shining west.
Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
THERE'S a hill above the harbor
Which ebbs and flows beneath it there --
A small hill, a grassy hill,
The path is rough and steep;
The pine-trees sing above it,
And creeping vines enwreath it there --
The little quiet hilltop
Where the Colonel lies asleep.
The circling seagulls wheel above
When winter gales blow over it;
The song-birds build their nests there,
And rabbits run and play;
The locust-trees drop scented flowers,
And moss and myrtle cover it,
And the wind brings whiffs of sea-salt
From the white-caps on the bay.
Close, close within the heart of home
The soldier lays him down at last;
Deep in the quiet Cove he loved
The hunter is at rest;
The Heart of all the Nation sleeps
Upon our tiny hill at last,
While all the trumpets sound for him
Beyond the shining West.
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