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I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants,
that undertook to lay the high read more
I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants,
that undertook to lay the high mountain Pelion on the top of
Ossa, and set among those the shady Olympus.
Going to the mountains is going home.
Going to the mountains is going home.
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains
To pile Ossa upon Pelion.
[Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.]
To pile Ossa upon Pelion.
[Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.]
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
And o'er the hills and far away,
Beyond their utmost purple rim,
Beyond the night, across the read more
And o'er the hills and far away,
Beyond their utmost purple rim,
Beyond the night, across the day,
Thro' all the world she followed him.
That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it;
For who digs hills because they do aspire
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That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it;
For who digs hills because they do aspire
Throws down one mountain to cast up a higher.
