Is it not enough to lean on the blue air of mountains?

Is it not enough to rest with your mate at timber-line, in bushes that hug the rocks?

Must you fly through mad waters where the heaped-up granite breaks them?

Must you batter your wings in the torrent?

Must you plunge for life or death through the foam?

THE PINE AT TIMBER-LINE

What has bent you,

Warped and twisted you,

Torn and crippled you?—

What has embittered you,