In Ages Past
I Stood upon a height and listened to The solemn psalmody of many pines, And with the sound I seemed to see long lines Of mountains rise, blue peak on cloudy blue, And hear the roar of torrents hurling through Riven ravines; or from the crags' gaunt spines Pouring wild hair, where, as an eyeball shines, A mountain pool shone, clear and cold of hue. And then my soul remembered felt, how once, In ages past, 't was here that I, a Faun, Startled an Oread at her morning bath, Who stood revealed; her beauty, like the sun's, Veiled in her hair, heavy with dews of dawn, Through which, like stars, burnt blue her eyes' bright wrath.
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"I Stood upon a height and listened to..."
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