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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE MOUNTAIN, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: The top of the world and an empty
Last Line: We are so little and oh, so wise!
Subject(s): Mountains; Nature; Travel; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Journeys; Trips
First Line: The top of the world and an empty
Last Line: We are so little and oh, so wise!
Subject(s): Mountains; Nature; Travel; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Journeys; Trips
THE top of the world and an empty morning,
Mist sweeping in from the dim Outside,
The door of day just a little bit open—
The wind's great laugh as he flings it wide!
O wind, here's one who would travel with you
To the far bourne you alone may know—
There would I seek what some one is hiding,
There would I find where my longings go!
To some deep calm would I drift and nestle
Close to the heart of the Great Surprise.
O strong wind, do you laugh to see us?
We are so little and oh, so wise!
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