And I speak to you now with the land's voice,
It is the cold wild land that says to you
A knowledge glimmers in the sleep of things:
The old hills hunch before the north wind blows.


Collected Poems (1977)

Howard Nemerov Quotes

And I speak to you now with the land's voice, It is the cold wild land that says to you A knowledge glimmers in the sleep of things: The old hills...

And I speak to you now with the land's voice, It is the cold wild land that says to you A knowledge glimmers in the sleep of things: The old hills...

And I speak to you now with the land's voice, It is the cold wild land that says to you A knowledge glimmers in the sleep of things: The old hills...

And I speak to you now with the land's voice, It is the cold wild land that says to you A knowledge glimmers in the sleep of things: The old hills...