St Michael's Mount

John Davidson

ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, the tidal isle,
In May with daffodils and lilies
Is kirtled gorgeously a while

As ne'er another English hill is :
About the precipices cling
The rich renascence robes of Spring.

Her gold and silver, nature's gifts,

The prodigal with both hands showers :
O not in patches, not in drifts

But round and round, a mount of flowers-
Of lilies and of daffodils.
The envy of all other hills.

And on the lofty summit looms

The castle : none could build or plan it.
The foursquare foliage springs and blooms.
The piled elaborate flower of granite.
That not the sun can wither ; no.
Nor any tempest overthrow.

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