Revealing Rocks & Soils - Killhope

Hill Walls
By Ted Hughes – Remains of Elmet
It set out –
Splendours burst against its brow
Broke over its shoulders,
The hills heeled, meeting the blast of space
The stone rigging was strong.
Exhilarated men
Cupped hands and shouted to each other
And grew stronger riding the first winters.
The great adventure had begun –
Even the grass
Agreed and came with them,
And crops and cattle –
No survivors
Here is the hulk, every rib shattered.
A few crazed sheep
Pulling its weeds
On a shore of cloud.
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