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There is an Air of Majesty.

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There is an air of majesty,     A bearing dignified and free,          About the mountain peaks;     Each crag of weather-beaten stone     Presents a grandeur of its own          To him who seeks.     There is a proud, defiant mein,     Expressive, stern, and yet serene,          About the precipice;     Whose rugged form looks grimly down,     And answers, with an austere frown          The sunlight's kiss.     The mountain, with the snow bank crowned;     The gorge, abysmal and profound;          Impress with aspect grand:     With unfeigned reverence I see     In canon and declivity          The All-Wise Hand.

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