Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SONNET OF THE MOUNTAIN, by MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS Poet's Biography First Line: When from afar these mountain tops I view Last Line: In them the snows, in me the fires abide. Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
WHEN from afar these mountain tops I view, I do but mete mine own distress thereby: High is their head, and my desire is high; Firm is their foot, my faith is certain too. E'en as the winds about their summits blue, From me escapes betimes the wistful sigh; And as from them the brooks and streamlets hie, So from mine eyes the tears run down anew. A thousand flocks upon them feed and stray; As many loves within me see the day, And all my heart for pasture ground divide. No fruit have they, my lot as fruitless is; And 'twixt us now nought diverse is but this -- In them the snows, in me the fires abide. | 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 EPIGRAM by MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS |
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