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THE WHITE CASCADE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: WHAT HAPPY MORTAL SEES THAT MOUNTAIN NOW
Last Line: THAT ON THE MOUNTAIN SINGS, AND SHINES SO FAR.
Subject(s): BIRDS; BROOKS; RIVERS; STREAMS; CREEKS;
What happy mortal sees that mountain now,
The white cascade that's shining on its brow;

The white cascade that's both a bird and star,
That has a ten-mile voice and shines as far?

Though I may never leave this land again,
Yet every spring my mind must cross the main

To hear and see that water-bird and star
That on the mountain sings, and shines so far.



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