Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Oceanica: Vol. XXXI. 1876–79. | | | | Australia: Arakoon, the Mountain | | Arakoon | | Henry Kendall (1839–1882) |
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LO, in storms, the triple-headed | |
| Hill, whose dreaded | |
| Bases battle with the seas, | |
| Looms across fierce widths of fleeting | |
| Waters beating | 5 |
| Evermore on roaring leas! | |
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| Arakoon, the black, the lonely! | |
| Housed with only | |
| Cloud and rain-wind, mist and damp: | |
| Round whose foam-drenched feet, and nether | 10 |
| Depths, together | |
| Sullen sprites of thunder tramp! | |
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| There the East hums loud and surly, | |
| Late and early, | |
| Through the chasms and the caves; | 15 |
| And across the naked verges | |
| Leap the surges! | |
| White and wailing waifs of waves. | |
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| Day by day, the sea-fogs gathered— | |
| Tempest-fathered— | 20 |
| Pitch their tents on yonder peak! | |
| Yellow drifts and fragments, lying | |
| Where the flying | |
| Torrents chafe the cloven creek! * * * * * | |
| Ever girt about with noises, | 25 |
| Stormy voices, | |
| And the salt breath of the strait, | |
| Stands the steadfast Mountain Giant, | |
| Grim, reliant, | |
| Dark as Death, and firm as Fate! | 30 | | | |
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