Once, I travelled very far.
\nI thought I might find the place
\nWhere to earth there fall the stars.
\nCrossing wood and rising moor,
\nThere I happened on a door.<\/p>\n
Grand and old, with gold engraving,
\nFurred with moss and snail-jewelled,
\nAt first I thought my eyes were failing.
\nI weary knocked upon the frame,
\nWhich softly asked me for my name.<\/p>\n
I replied in great surprise
\nAnd from within the door unbolted;
\nThere before my very eyes
\nA hare stood cautious, trembling.
\nAnd in I wandered, stumbling.<\/p>\n
A gentle passage, sloping down
\nSilk and silver on the walls,
\nI followed that hare underground
\nAnd at the levelling below
\nMy footsteps, helpless, had to slow.<\/p>\n
Great bronze arches overhead
\nAs trees, with emeralds set for leaves
\nAnd over all the mountain red;
\nSilken banners trailing through
\nLike waterfalls of sapphire blue.<\/p>\n
Cosy rugs beneath my boots,
\nThe patterns bright with valiant tales,
\nThe weave as thick as ancient roots
\nAnd across this vibrant floor
\nLay every beast of land and shore.<\/p>\n
Above them all, a kindly face,
\nEyes so old and sparkling
\nAnd suddenly I knew the place.
\nI settled near the old king\u2019s knee
\nAnd told my story wandrously.<\/p>\n
That night I\u2019ve never slept so well;
\nIn rooms upon the mountain peak,
\nHorizons over every fell
\nFor me to follow in my sleep
\nAnd stars above his mighty keep.<\/p>\n
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\nTitle and theme taken from ‘The King of the Copper Mountains’ by Paul Biegel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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