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Men lift their heads in wonder, shivering Travelers halt, in fearful awe they stand Crowds of nations in cities, quivering As thunderous rhythm shakes every land The Mountains are singing, they croon, they chant Arousing poor surprised man’s mortal fears Avalanche shrug of titanic shoulders Dismisses the lethargy of ages The throaty joy of caroling boulders Carves new lyrics in history’s pages The Mountains are singing, Earth is enthralled Climbers, Skiers, and Poets lend their ears Brave Matterhorn’s signal awakes them all Kilimanjaro with full voice bellows Everest, Chimborazo heed the call Quandary Peak, bright-eyed, joins his fellows The Mountains are singing, in grand chorus, Majestic lyrics of tectonic tears The cliff face shudders, leaping ecstatic Landslides mark the beginning of the dance Earthquakes become great frolics dramatic Amid the refrains of stony romance The Mountains are singing, a newborn song To echo unto the end of all years A rocky deluge of glorious verse The Alpine cantata rumbles splendid A true Canticle of the Universe Whose beauty radiant shan’t be ended The Mountains are singing, O, what a song! Rejoicing each thunderstruck heart which hears!
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Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017 at 3:03 PM UTC
Montes Cantant
Men lift their heads in wonder, shivering Travelers halt, in fearful awe they stand Crowds of nations in cities, quivering As thunderous rhythm shakes every land The Mountains are singing, they croon, they chant Arousing poor surprised man’s mortal fears Avalanche shrug of titanic shoulders Dismisses the lethargy of ages The throaty joy of caroling boulders Carves new lyrics in history’s pages The Mountains are singing, Earth is enthralled Climbers, Skiers, and Poets lend their ears Brave Matterhorn’s signal awakes them all Kilimanjaro with full voice bellows Everest, Chimborazo heed the call Quandary Peak, bright-eyed, joins his fellows The Mountains are singing, in grand chorus, Majestic lyrics of tectonic tears The cliff face shudders, leaping ecstatic Landslides mark the beginning of the dance Earthquakes become great frolics dramatic Amid the refrains of stony romance The Mountains are singing, a newborn song To echo unto the end of all years A rocky deluge of glorious verse The Alpine cantata rumbles splendid A true Canticle of the Universe Whose beauty radiant shan’t be ended The Mountains are singing, O, what a song! Rejoicing each thunderstruck heart which hears!
For Mary Margaret
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Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017 at 3:03 PM UTC
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