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20             Poems by Mary Baker Eddy

  	      THE OAK ON THE MOUNTAIN'S
  	                          SUMMIT 

 1	    OH, mountain monarch, at whose
  	        feet I stand, — 
 3	    Clouds to adorn thy brow, skies
  	        clasp thy hand, — 
  	    Nature divine, in harmony profound,
 6	    With peaceful presence hath begirt thee
  	        round. 

  	    And thou, majestic oak, from yon high place
 9	    Guard'st thou the earth, asleep in night's
  	        embrace, — 
  	    And from thy lofty summit, pouring down
12	    Thy sheltering shade, her noonday glories
  	        crown? 

  	    Whate'er thy mission, mountain sentinel,
15	    To my lone heart thou art a power and spell;
  	    A lesson grave, of life, that teacheth me
  	    To love the Hebrew figure of a tree. 

18	    Faithful and patient be my life as thine;
  	    As strong to wrestle with the storms of time;
  	    As deeply rooted in a soil of love;
21	    As grandly rising to the heavens above.