Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Arabia: Hor, the Mount | | Mount Hor | | Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | (From Ruins of Many Lands)
WHERE famed Mount Hor lifts high his barren peak, | |
| And, king of air, the eagle whets his beak, | |
| I climb in awe, pass many a nameless cave, | |
| And reach at length the Hebrew’s holy grave. | |
| And here he sleeps, above the world serene; | 5 |
| As thus against the mouldering slabs I lean, | |
| And gaze on yonder heaven, whose dewy tears | |
| Have wet these blocks for dark uncounted years, | |
| My bosom thrills, and heated Fancy’s eye | |
| Sees Aaron’s ancient spirit hovering nigh, | 10 |
| Calm waiting, till Heaven’s final thunders roll, | |
| And call the dust to join the undying soul. | | | | |
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