Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell

July 27, 1777 - June 15, 1844

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The mountain summits sleep: glens, cliffs, and caves ...

by Thomas Campbell

Fragment. From the Greek of Alcman.

The mountain summits sleep: glens, cliffs, and caves
Are silent -- all the black earth's reptile brood --
The bees-the wild beasts of the mountain wood:
In depths beneath the dark red ocean's waves
Its monsters rest, whilst wrapt in bower and spray
Each bird is hush'd that stretch'd its pinions to the day

Source:

The Poetical Works Of Thomas Campbell
Copyright 1866
Little, Brown, And Company, Boston
 

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