Confounder Of Man
"The attempt on Mt. Everest by the 1938 expedition has failed."—News item. I am the lonely one, the only one Throwing off threat of conquest, I Who traffic with forbidden sky Keep my integrity beneath the sun. It irks me not that death upon the slope Has reddened, that on the rack of snow,
Contrived of old for perfect woe, Courage surrendered, and died a tortured hope.
The pride of man it may not subjugate The elder pride, the rule unstained— On his adventure shall be rained The death that keeps my crown inviolate. My winds shall whip him from the sanctuary, My clouds confound him, and the strong Avalanche with thunder song Roll ruin on his plodding panoply. I may not yield this heavencommissioned crest — In this estate must I remain, For 'tis through bafflement and pain That man attains the spirit's Everest. — J. R. Hervey.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 220, 17 September 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)
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