Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A HOLY HILL, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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A HOLY HILL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Be still: be still: nor dare
Last Line: The wrath of stone.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


BE still: be still: nor dare
Unpack what you have brought,
Nor loosen on this air
Red gnomes of your thought.

Uncover: bend the head
And let the feet be bare:
This air that thou breathest
Is holy air.

Sin not against the Breath,
Using ethereal fire
To make seem as faery
A wanton desire.

Know that this granite height
May be a judgment throne,
Dread thou the unmovable will,
The wrath of stone.





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