Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON READING A DESCRIPTION OF THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh far away ye are, ye lovely hills Last Line: Let its dark portals open -- let me die! Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
(IN BUNYAN'S "PILGRIM'S PROGRESS) OH far away ye are, ye lovely hills, Yet can I feel the air Grow sweet while gazing where The valley with the distant sunshine fills. Fair Morning! lend thy wings, and let me fly To thy eternal home, Where never shadows come, Where tears are wiped away from every eye. I'm weary, weary of this earth of ours; I'm sick with the heart's want; My fever'd spirits pant, To cling to things less transient than its flowers. I ask of the still night -- it answers me, This earth is not my home: Great Father! let me come, A wanderer and a penitent to Thee! Ye far, fair mountains, echo with my cry. Unto your realm of bliss The grave the threshold is; Let its dark portals open -- let me die! | 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 CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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