ON a mountain top above the clouds That streamed like a sea below me I said that peak is the thought of Budda, And that one is the prayer of Jesus, And this one is the dream of Plato, And that one there the song of Dante, And this is Kant and this is Newton, And this is Milton and this is Shakespeare, And this the hope of the Mother Church, And this -- why all these peaks are poems, Poems and prayers that pierce the clouds. And I said "What does God do with mountains That rise almost to heaven?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PROTESTS (AFTER A PAINTING BY HUGO BALLIN) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER BRONX, 1818 by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 5. THE INQUIRY by THOMAS HARDY STORM AT SEA (2) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE THE NIGHT SONG by MARY DELL ALLEN TO HIS WORSHIPFULL GOOD FRIEND, MAISTER JOHN STEVENTON by RICHARD BARNFIELD |