Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GLACIER, by JOHN RUSKIN Poet's Biography First Line: The mountains have a peace which none disturb Last Line: For those who sink to it unsanctified. Subject(s): Glaciers | ||||||||
THE mountains have a peace which none disturb The stars and clouds a course which none restrain The wild sea-waves rejoice without a curb, And rest without a passion; but the chain Of Death, upon this ghastly cliff and chasm Is broken evermore, to bind again, Nor lulls nor looses. Hark! a voice of pain, Suddenly silenced;a quick passing spasm, That startles rest, but grants not liberty, A shudder, or a struggle, or a cry And then sepulchral stillness. Look on us, God! who hast given these hills their place of pride, If Death's captivity be sleepless thus, For those who sink to it unsanctified. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST: GLACIER by ALICE HENSON ERNST THE UNDERGROUND by THOMAS MCGRATH GLACIER by LOUISE TOWNSEND NICHOLL GLACIER by ALVIN DAVID GREENBERG ICE SHALL COVER NINEVEH by KENNETH REXROTH A SCYTHIAN BANQUET SONG by JOHN RUSKIN |
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