Upon the Mountain's Distant Head E-book

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                       "UPON THE MOUNTAIN'S DISTANT HEAD"

                            by William Cullen Bryant









Electronically Enhanced Text (c) Copyright 1996, World Library(R)



   UPON THE MOUNTAIN'S DISTANT HEAD
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         Upon the mountain's distant head,
           With trackless snows forever white,
         Where all is still, and cold, and dead,
           Late shines the day's departing light.
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         But far below those icy rocks,
           The vales, in summer bloom arrayed,
         Woods full of birds, and fields of flocks,
           Are dim with mist and dark with shade.
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         'Tis thus, from warm and kindly hearts,
           And eyes where generous meanings burn,
         Earliest the light of life departs,
           But lingers with the cold and stern
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                        THE END