Sweet Mountains Ye Tell Me No Lie
poem 722
Sweet Mountains Ye Tell Me No Lie - meaning Summary
Unchanging Nature as Witness
The poem presents mountains as faithful, watchful presences whose steady gaze neither deceives nor abandons the speaker. These unvarying eyes witness failure and falsehood yet continue to cherish a humble, wayward worshipper. Imagery of Madonnas and a nun links natural constancy with quiet religious devotion, suggesting solace and moral accountability in an unchanging landscape that sustains the speaker’s fragile faith.
Read Complete AnalysesSweet Mountains Ye tell Me no lie Never deny Me Never fly Those same unvarying Eyes Turn on Me when I fail or feign, Or take the Royal names in vain Their far slow Violet Gaze My Strong Madonnas Cherish still The Wayward Nun beneath the Hill Whose service is to You Her latest Worship When the Day Fades from the Firmament away To lift Her Brows on You
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