<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Disclosure</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">We dwelt by western shores, and there,</p><p class="line">Watching a hill that watched the wave,</p><p class="line">We called him dull in pose and air,</p><p class="line">A bulk not grand but merely grave—</p><p class="line">So many mountains had we seen,</p><p class="line">Kingly of build and port and mien.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Then came a snowstorm in the night,</p><p class="line">And all his ribs of rock, next morn,</p><p class="line">All his anatomy, sprang to light,</p><p class="line">With form and feature, carved and worn,</p><p class="line">That rose out of the sea's abyss</p><p class="line">Magnificent in emphasis.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Imagine not that thou canst know</p><p class="line">Mountains or men in very truth,</p><p class="line">Until the tempest and the snow</p><p class="line">Strike them at midnight without ruth,</p><p class="line">And publish clear, in morning's gaze,</p><p class="line">The lineaments they strove to erase.</p></div></body></html> · Great War