A glow sank down in the northern sky
\nframed in light, pure and dry
\nA silhouette of ancient form
\nstanding there, before the dawn<\/p>\n
It called and beckoned and made me know
\nThat to the peak I must go
\nAnd so I strode far past my door
\nhunting now, for evermore<\/p>\n
I looked and dug and searched a while
\nAnd with long years, I did compile
\nA guide, a map, a way out to there
\nThat place beyond lost in the glare<\/p>\n
I strove and struggled and tried my best
\nBut when I lay unto my rest
\nI still reached for my ending goal
\nAnd down I sank, not quite whole<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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