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Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems

Part Three: Nature 72. The mountain sat upon the plain

THE MOUNTAIN.


The mountain sat upon the plain

In his eternal chair,

His observation omnifold,

His inquest everywhere.


The seasons prayed around his knees,

Like children round a sire:

Grandfather of the days is he,

Of dawn the ancestor.

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