Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 1. A MOUNTAIN SPRING, by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL Poet's Biography First Line: Peace hath an altar there. The sounding feet Last Line: Whose likeness is the faithless face of rose. Subject(s): Mountains; Springs (water); Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
Peace hath an altar there. The sounding feet Of thunder and the 'wildering wings of rain Against fire-rifted summits flash and beat, And through grey upper gorges swoop and strain; But round that hallowed mountain-spring remain, Year after year, the days of tender heat, And gracious nights, whose lips with flowers are sweet, And filtered lights, and lutes of soft refrain. A still, bright pool. To men I may not tell The secret that its heart of water knows, The story of a loved and lost repose; Yet this I say to cliff and close-leaved dell: A fitful spirit haunts yon limpid well, Whose likeness is the faithless face of Rose. | 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 A DEATH IN THE BUSH by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL |
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