YE wilds, that look eternal; and thou cave, Which seem'st unfathomable; and ye mountains, So varied and so terrible in beauty; Here, in your rugged majesty of rocks And topling trees that twine their roots with stone In perpendicular places, where the foot Of man would tremble, could he reach them -- yes, Ye look eternal! Yet, in a few days, Perhaps even hours, ye will be changed, rent, hurled Before the mass of waters; and yon cave, Which seems to lead into a lower world, Shall have its depths searched by the sweeping wave, And dolphins gambol in the lion's den! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVENING HYMN by REGINALD HEBER THE FINDING OF THE LYRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL BALLADE OF BROKEN FLUTES by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THIS STORY MORALIZED by WILLIAM BASSE THE SUNFISH LAKE ROAD by BEATRICE MARY BILLING MY SON'S SON TO HIS SON'S SON - PERHAPS by MABEL RUTHERFORD BRIDGES |