Poem: “There was set before me a mighty hill” by Stephen Crane

The Black Rider & Other Lines (1905)

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There was set before me a mighty hill

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There was set before me a mighty hill,
And long days I climbed
Through regions of snow.
When I had before me the summit-view,
It seemed that my labour
Had been to see gardens
Lying at impossible distances.

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