See, see!–the blows at his breast,
The abyss at his back,
The perils and pains that pressed,
The doubts in a pack,
That hunted to drag him down
Have triumphed? and now
He sinks, who climbed for the crown
To the Summit’s brow?
No!–though at the foot he lies,
Fallen and vain,
With gaze to the peak whose skies
He could not attain,
The victory is, with strength–
No matter the past!–
He’d dare it again, the dark length,
And the fall at last!
(Cale Young Rice)
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