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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Mountains are a Lonely Folk

By Hamlin Garland

THE MOUNTAINS they are silent folk

They stand afar—alone,

And the clouds that kiss their brows at night

Hear neither sigh nor groan.

Each bears him in his ordered place

As soldiers do, and bold and high

They fold their forests round their feet

And bolster up the sky.