Fox Footprints/The Great Wall
The Great Wall
Mountains,Green faded to gold,Turf-shaggy like a camel,Towering,Tumultuous,Uncompromising as the ten commandments,Glorious as a psalm,Gale-swept, cloud-swept, sand-swept, snow-swept—
Across these the Wall's crested sinuousnessDaring all chasms,Leaping all precipices,Writhing its stone lengthAcross each challenge of tormented rockTo raise again a blunt watch-tower headDown-glaring on Mongolia's fierce plains.