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  	        OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 

 1	    GIGANTIC sire, unfallen still thy
  	        crest! 
 3	    Primeval dweller where the wild
  	        winds rest,
  	    Beyond the ken of mortal e'er to tell
 6	    What power sustains thee in thy rock-bound
  	        cell. 

  	    Or if, when first creation vast began,
 9	    And far the universal fiat ran,
  	    "Let there be light" — from chaos dark set
  	        free,
12	    Ye rose, a monument of Deity,

  	    Proud from yon cloud-crowned height to
  	        look henceforth
15	    On insignificance that peoples earth,
  	    Recalling oft the bitter draft which turns
  	    The mind to meditate on what it  learns. 
 
2              Poems by Mary Baker Eddy


 1	    Stern, passionless, no soul those looks betray;
  	    Though kindred rocks, to sport at mortal
 3	        clay — 
  	    Much as the chisel of the sculptor's art
  	    "Plays round the head, but comes not to
 6	        the heart." 

  	    Ah, who can fathom thee! Ambitious man,
  	    Like a trained falcon in the Gallic van,
 9	    Guided and led, can never reach to thee
  	    With all the strength of weakness — vanity! 

  	    Great as thou art, and paralleled by none,
12	    Admired by all, still art thou drear and lone! 
  	    The moon looks down upon thine exiled
  	        height;
15	    The stars, so cold, so glitteringly bright,

  	    On wings of morning gladly flit away,
  	    Yield to the sun's more genial, mighty ray;
18	    The white waves kiss the murmuring rill — 
  	    But thy deep silence is unbroken still. SHOW ALL