Monadnock in Early Spring
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loud-topped and splendid, dominating allThe little lesser hills which compass thee,Thou standest, bright with April's buoyancy,Yet holding Winter in some shaded wallOf stern, steep rock; and startled by the callOf Spring, thy trees flush with expectancyAnd cast a cloud of crimson, silently,Above thy snowy crevices where fallPale shrivelled oak leaves, while the snow beneathMelts at their phantom touch. Another yearIs quick with import. Such each year has been.Unmoved thou watchest all, and all bequeathSome jewel to thy diadem of power,Thou pledge of greater majesty unseen.
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