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THE PEAK by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: AS ON SOME SOLITARY HEIGHT
Last Line: UNSCATTERED STILL.
Subject(s): MEMORY;

AS on some solitary height
Abides, in summer's fierce despite,
Snow-blossom that no sun can blight,
No frost can kill;
So, in my soul, -- all else below
To change succumbing, -- stands aglow
One wreath of immemorial snow,
Unscattered still.



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