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ON THE MOUNTAIN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: WHEN FROM THIS MIGHTY MOUNTAIN'S TOP
Last Line: ITS SUDDEN FALL OR RISE.
Subject(s): MOUNTAINS; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);

When from this mighty mountain's top
My wandering eyes go forth,
Trees look like bonnets, fields like flags,
In all those miles of earth.
I see afar big towns look now
Like flocks of sheep washed white;
And villages -- their straggling lambs --
May never meet my sight.

Windows -- no more than drops of dew --
Are sparkling in the green;
The sun in heaven seems small indeed,
To light so vast a scene.
A mighty stretch of land like this,
Doth make me shut my eyes;
For when I look I fear to see
Its sudden fall or rise.



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