Beyond, beyond the mountain line, The grey-stone and the boulder, Beyond the growth of dark green pine That crowns its western shoulder, There lies that fairy land of mine, Unseen of a beholder. Its fruits are all like rubies rare; Its streams are clear as glasses; There golden castles hang in air, And purple grapes in masses, And noble knights and ladies fair Come riding down the passes. Ah me! they say if I could stand Upon those mountain ledges, I should but see on either hand Plain fields and dusty hedges; And yet I know my fairy-land Lies somewhere o'er their edges. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW IT STRIKES A CONTEMPORARY by ROBERT BROWNING THE AMERICAN FLAG by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE SONGS WITH PRELUDES: REGRET by JEAN INGELOW A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS by HENRY KING (1592-1669) FOR THOSE AT SEA; HYMN by WILLIAM WHITING THE PILGRIM FATHERS by LEONARD BACON (1802-1881) URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE SECOND CANTO, OR FIRST QUARTER by WILLIAM BASSE |