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MOUNTAIN SPEECH by HARRY COWELL

First Line: HIGH OVER ALL THE LOFTIEST HEADS OF ALL THE VALLEY HERDS
Last Line: "THIS MORN I DO NOT KNOW!"
Subject(s): MOUNTAINS; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);
High over all the loftiest heads of all the valley herds,
The mountain spoke some most majestic words:

What said the venerable mountain to his brother,
Speaking as one great ancient poet to another?

"Last night I dreamed I knew—last night I dreamed I flew.
This morn I do not know!"



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