25 - Look-out Mountain
Look-out Mountain.
The Night Fight.
(November, 1863.)
Who inhabiteth the Mountain
That it shines in lurid light,
And is rolled about with thunders,
And terrors, and a blight,
Like KafIn some Arabic traditions, Mount Qaf, located at the ends of the world, represents increasingly higher spiritual states.See:
https://books.google.com/books?id=59gPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=kaf+the+peak+of+eblis&source=bl&ots=yt1d7O4HU2&sig=HkWv0DGdZ2gR5GPywenBwg8it4w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDwuyX4PPNAhUDVT4KHeHRBGY4ChDoAQgoMAM#v=onepage&q=kaf%20the%20peak%20of%20eblis&f=false the peak of Eblis—
Kaf, the evil height?
Who has gone up with a shouting
And a trumpet in the night?
There is battle in the Mountain—
Might assaulteth Might;
'Tis the fastness of the Anarch,
Torrent-torn, an ancient height;
The crags resound the clangor
Of the war of Wrong and Right;
And the armies in the valley
Watch and pray for dawning light.
Joy, joy, the day is breaking,
And the cloud is rolled from sight;
There is triumph in the Morning
For the Anarch's plunging flight;
God has glorified the Mountain
Where a Banner burneth bright,
And the armies in the valley
They are fortified in right.