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AFTER READING HOMER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN

First Line: HAPPY THE MAN, WHO ON THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE
Last Line: O DEAR DIVINE OLD GIANT, AT THY FEET.
Subject(s): HOMER (10TH CENTURY B.C.); POETRY & POETS; ILIAD; ODYSSEY;

HAPPY the man, who on the mountain-side
Bending o'er fern and flowers his basket fills:
Yet he will never know the outline-power,
The awful Whole of the Eternal Hills.

So some there are, who never feel the strength
In thy blind eyes, majestic and complete,
Which conquers those, who motionlessly sit,
O dear divine old Giant, at thy feet.



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