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THE MOUNTAIN by MIKHAIL YUREVICH LERMONTOV

Poet Analysis

First Line: A GOLDEN CLOUD SLEPT FOR HER PLEASURE
Last Line: DOWN TO THE DESERT STILL.
Subject(s): MOUNTAINS; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);

A GOLDEN cloud slept for her pleasure
All night on the gaunt hill's breast;
Light-heart to her play-ground of azure,
How early she sped from the nest.

But the soft moist trace of her sleeping
Lay in the folds of the hill.
He pondered; his tears are creeping
Down to the desert still.



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