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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOUNTAIN SPEECH, by HARRY COWELL
First Line: High over all the loftiest heads of all the valley herds
Last Line: "this morn I do not know!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Cowell, Henry
Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)
First Line: High over all the loftiest heads of all the valley herds
Last Line: "this morn I do not know!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Cowell, Henry
Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)
High over all the loftiest heads of all the valley herds,
The mountain spoke some most majestic words:
What said the venerable mountain to his brother,
Speaking as one great ancient poet to another?
"Last night I dreamed I knew—last night I dreamed I flew.
This morn I do not know!"
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