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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOUNTAIN ECHO, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, it was the mountain echo Last Line: For of god, -- of god they are. Subject(s): Echoes | |||
Yes, it was the mountain Echo, Solitary, clear, profound, Answering to the shouting Cuckoo, Giving to her sound for sound! Unsolicited reply To a babbling wanderer sent; Like her ordinary cry, Like -- but oh, how different! Hears not also mortal Life? Hear not we, unthinking Creatures! Slaves of folly, love, or strife -- Voices of two different natures? Have not we too? -- yes, we have Answers, and we know not whence; Echoes from beyond the grave, Recognized intelligence! Such rebounds our inward ear Catches sometimes from afar -- Listen, ponder, hold them dear; For of God, -- of God they are. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOURS; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE ECHO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE PRINCESS; A MEDLEY by ALFRED TENNYSON TO AN ECHO by PAULINE GARNER CURRAN ECHO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE TO THE ECHO; IN A CLEAR NIGHT UPON ASTROP WALKS by ANNE FINCH AN ECHO by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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