Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Christ Of The Andes Comments
Rating: ★2.7
After volcanoes husht with snows,
Up where the wide-winged condor goes,
Great Aconcagua, husht and high,
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9/5/2025 7:00:01 PM # 1.0.0
This poem is just important today as it was when it was written - indeed, more so. How one wishes the fights in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Syria could hear and heeds these words: Ye are not wolf-packs: ye are men. Let brother-counsel be the Law: Not serpent fang, not tiger claw. This is my favorite Markham poem. Both Man with a Hoe and his Lincoln poem verge too much on the abstract. The images and sentiments of this one stay close to the earth.