YE wilds, that look eternal; and thou cave, Which seem'st unfathomable; and ye mountains, So varied and so terrible in beauty; Here, in your rugged majesty of rocks And topling trees that twine their roots with stone In perpendicular places, where the foot Of man would tremble, could he reach them -- yes, Ye look eternal! Yet, in a few days, Perhaps even hours, ye will be changed, rent, hurled Before the mass of waters; and yon cave, Which seems to lead into a lower world, Shall have its depths searched by the sweeping wave, And dolphins gambol in the lion's den! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE GREATER TESTAMENT (XXII, XXIII, AND XXVI) by FRANCOIS VILLON I LOVE ALL BEAUTEOUS THINGS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES PIED BEAUTY by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS AN OLD WOMAN (2) by MOTHER GOOSE THE WELCOME TO ALEXANDRA by ALFRED TENNYSON THE PUMPKIN by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |