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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EAGLE, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: Between two mighty hills a sheer
Last Line: The eagle scans his vast domain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Eagles
First Line: Between two mighty hills a sheer
Last Line: The eagle scans his vast domain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Eagles
Between two mighty hills a sheer
Abyss -- far down in the ravine
A thread-like torrent and a screen
Of oaks like shrubs -- and one doth rear
A dry scarp'd peak above all sound
Save windy voices wailing round:
At sunrise here, in proud disdain
The eagle scans his vast domain.
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