Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ASCENT OF SNOWDON, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: How merrily they plied the alpine staff Last Line: And caught and kiss'd the wandering thistle-seeds. Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Snowdon (mountain), Wales | ||||||||
How merrily they plied the Alpine staff In climbing from the lowland farms and barns! Upward and onward still, intent to quaff The topmost airs, beyond the dark-blue tarns, And silver mists and echoes! how the gales Of Snowdon brac'd the heart our Willie lost Among the wild sweet faces of the vales! How his cheek glow'd, and how his hair was tost! While one poor wight, too weak for that steep track, Sat with the boulders, and the shining threads Of mountain-spiders, till his friends came back; And watch'd their light among the breezy ferns, Their shy escapes and beautiful returns, And caught and kiss'd the wandering thistle-seeds. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY ON THE MOUNTAINS (OR THE SNOWDON RANGER TRACK) by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL ERYRI WEN by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE MOUNTAIN FIRES by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 13. DUNDAGIL by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. PILGRIM SIGNS: SNOWDON AVIARY by MICHAEL J. ROSEN HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE BUOY-BELL by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LATTICE AT SUNRISE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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