Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANNUNCIATION, by GEORGES DUHAMEL First Line: From the tall mountain's brow Last Line: And the man that it will crush. Subject(s): Hearts; Mountains; Trees; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
FROM the tall mountain's brow A broken mass of rock Rolls down the wrinkles of the deep ravine As though it were a heavy tear of granite. If it seems to stop for a space It is but to roll on with a fiercer leap; A stag set free will not more swiftly reach its cave. It bounds forth mightily And plucks out at their very roots The pines and juniper trees. Also the wood-cutters toiling upon the slope Feel a disquietude upon their backs; And terror freezes their entrails, While this scourge approaches Which no man has yet seen. But I among the heather sunk in deepest peace Have a heart as calm as is a hooded falcon's, My skin is clear with blood that nothing can affright: For I know the mountain and the road of avalanches, And that the stone may not fall where I am. But I can point out far below The trees that it will fell And the man that it will crush. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH BALLAD OF FLORENTIN by GEORGES DUHAMEL MONODY ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM MARION REEDY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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