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USSOORIE and Chakrata Hill

The Jumna flows between;

And from Chakrata's hills afar

Mussoorie's vale is seen.

The mountains sing together

In cloud or sunny weather,

The Jumna, through their tether,

Foams white, or plunges green.

The mountains stand and laugh at Time;

They pillar up the earth,

They watch the ages pass, they bring

New centuries to birth.

They feel the daybreak shiver,

They see Time passing ever

As flows the Jumna River,

As breaks the white sea-surf.

They drink the sun in a golden cup,

And in blue mist the rain;

With a sudden brightening they meet the lightning

Or ere it strikes the plain. 278