Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MT. STUART, by J. A. LAURIE


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First Line: Riven, rent, and cragged
Last Line: We mountaineers unfurl old glory.
Subject(s): Beauty; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


Riven, rent, and cragged,
Storm-swept, grim, and ragged,
Solitary sentinel,
Guarding ever, watching well
At the center of a state!
Winds thy cloud-robes o'er thee fling.
Frost sprites crown thee, aged king.
On Alpine meadows thou dost gaze,
And golden fields through distant haze.
From your glaciers rivers flow
To valley farmsteads, far below.
With magic touch this swelling flood
Helps change thy crumbling stones to food.
Once from out thy glowing heart
Volcanic flames were wont to dart.
And while loud thy furnace roared
Down thy slopes hot lava poured.
Now fruits from these dead ashes spring
Which make the hearts of men to sing.
His blessings thou art scattering free,
Who at time's dawn uplifted thee,
And to Him we tribute bring
And our hearts His praises sing, as,
Gathered on thy summit hoary,
We mountaineers unfurl Old Glory.





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