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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF THE HILLS, by IRENE ARCHER First Line: Out of the hills shall come an endless singing Last Line: As the hill folds her children on her breast to sleep. | |||
Out of the hills shall come an endless singing, An anthem, aeons old, flung to the sky; and down through vales come ageless echoes ringing, Bright overtones of faith that cannot die. Across the hills tramp strong, brown gypsy brothers, Clan of a rustic race who know no fear, Born of faithful, sturdy, toiling mothers, Who taught their youths to stay the futile tear. Up from the soil spring wonders of creation, Who trample the misty peaks to a new-found day; These are the brawn and sinew of our nation, Carrying their clean ideals to the far away. Purple shadows lengthen across the deep As the hill folds her children on her breast to sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO GRANDMOTHERS by IRENE ARCHER A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK PETER STUYVESANT'S NEW YEAR'S CALL, 1 JAN. 1661 by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN L'EAU DORMANTE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A SONG: REVENGE AGAINST CYNTHIA by PHILIP AYRES TO CHILDREN: 4. THE FAIRY REALM by WILLIAM ROSE BENET REQUIESCIT by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE DRUNKEN DESPERADO by BAIRD BOYD MR. MERRY'S LAMENT FOR LONG TOM by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |
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