| Harriet Monroe, ed. (18601936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 191222. | | | | To My Mountain | | By Mahdah Payson |
| | | O MY mountain, my mountain | |
| Enveloped in your cloak of snow | |
| Can you hear? | |
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| Temple of my night, | |
| Cradle of my day, | 5 |
| Can you hear? | |
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| I warn you of the braggart of the sky, | |
| The sun! the sun! | |
| He outruns my warning words | |
| To steal your snows, | 10 |
| O my mountain, my mountain. | |
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| Great body-guard of God | |
| Can you hear? | | | | |
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