There Was Set Before Me a Mighty Hill
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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There Was Set Before Me a Mighty Hill - meaning Summary
Striving Yields Distant Vision
The short poem presents a speaker who climbs a steep, snowbound hill and expects a transformative summit. After long effort the promised view reveals distant gardens rather than immediate reward. The image compresses a mood of striving and anticlimax: the journey yields vision but not possession. It emphasizes distance and perspective, suggesting that goals often reconfigure what we see rather than deliver what we hoped to gain.
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