Soaring Peak
Soaring peak
and sloping sides,
Base as broad
as both horizons;
Snow-capped summit
silver-gleaming,
Cloud-capped foot-hills,
crystal-glistening.
Its pinnacle arose
to pierce the peaks’-pane;
Its sides swelled
from sunrise to sunset.
Shrill-criers soared
among sheer crests;
Monkeys chattered
on its mantle of leaves.
The bright-disc’s road
harbored birds and bats;
Vines and roots
concealed vipers and pythons.
Furnished the fells
with flowers many,
And healing herbs
on the heights all-a-glow.
Fairies danced
on the fairest foot-hills;
Sages sat
before simple huts.
Cooling breeze
on the crags cavorted;
Silver mist
sailed softly overhead.