They watch and guard the sleeping dells
Where ice born torrents flow—
A myriad granite sentinels,
Helmed and cuirassed with snow.
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Yon glacial torrent's deep, hoarse lute
Its upward music flings—
The great, eternal crags stand mute,
And listen while it sings
O mighty range! Thy wounds and scars,