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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SYMBOL, by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON
First Line: I will look to the hills from which cometh my strength'
Last Line: More worthy descendants of those who have gone.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
First Line: I will look to the hills from which cometh my strength'
Last Line: More worthy descendants of those who have gone.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
"I will look to the hills from which cometh my strength"—
Their tree-favored summits, the lure of their length—
For the hills above Sisseton have bypaths galore,
And we dream of the unwearied feet that once wore
Their deep-rutted furrows (strong pioneer folk
With deep tender hearts, yet with courage of oak)
And we purpose to be in days stretching on
More worthy descendants of those who have gone.
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