THE ALPINE GLACIER.

THE ALPINE GLACIER.

Dank the darkness on the cliff-side;Faintly outlined from below,In their modest maiden gladness,Glaciers in the dawn’s blush glow.What new life upon me blowing,Breathes from yonder snowy height,From that depth of limpid turquoiseFlashing in the morning light?There, I know, dread Terror dwelleth,Track of man there is not there;Yet my heart in answer swellethTo the challenge, “Come thou here!”

Dank the darkness on the cliff-side;Faintly outlined from below,In their modest maiden gladness,Glaciers in the dawn’s blush glow.What new life upon me blowing,Breathes from yonder snowy height,From that depth of limpid turquoiseFlashing in the morning light?There, I know, dread Terror dwelleth,Track of man there is not there;Yet my heart in answer swellethTo the challenge, “Come thou here!”

Dank the darkness on the cliff-side;Faintly outlined from below,In their modest maiden gladness,Glaciers in the dawn’s blush glow.

Dank the darkness on the cliff-side;

Faintly outlined from below,

In their modest maiden gladness,

Glaciers in the dawn’s blush glow.

What new life upon me blowing,Breathes from yonder snowy height,From that depth of limpid turquoiseFlashing in the morning light?

What new life upon me blowing,

Breathes from yonder snowy height,

From that depth of limpid turquoise

Flashing in the morning light?

There, I know, dread Terror dwelleth,Track of man there is not there;Yet my heart in answer swellethTo the challenge, “Come thou here!”

There, I know, dread Terror dwelleth,

Track of man there is not there;

Yet my heart in answer swelleth

To the challenge, “Come thou here!”


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