The Hermit´s Home, Grover the First Yosemite, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Hermit´s Home, Grover the First Yosemite, and Other Poems Poems of Love and Philosophy. In this suspense that told upon my nerves, A lark, with golden throat, essayed to sing His mellow evening hymn in heather high Above the cavern door, and as his lays Rang out and echoed sweetly up among The crowning peaks, the hermit´s rigid face Relaxed into a smile, as when the moon Does half dispel the haze of dingy night. "Why am I here," he said, "alone among These uninviting hills? Come in, strange sir, And since you stumbled on my hiding place And do persist in knowledge why I´m here, And since you seem to have a heart not prone To gibe the bitterness of human ills, I will confide some thoughts, in truth, that weigh Upon me heavily, with trust and hope That such revealing may you serve and save From many troubles common to your lot." Reflection sat serene in every line Of that grand face, with eyes that seemed to burn In depth, like vestal fires never quenched. With amber fingers to his temple pressed, Half hid within his flowing hair, white as The camlet´s silken fleece for winter clothed; With left hand resting on his sturdy staff, Unbarked, deep, knotted, curved about the top. He sat and forward leaned, mute as the stones That pillared up the granite hall, with eyes Bent on the vale below, where ran a stream With shimmering light that fleck the willow boughs That gently swayed as fanned the evening breeze. The sun, hazed in the western horizon, Seemed like a ball of blood which whirled above The gleaming sea, that sang its requirem About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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