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SUNRISE ON THE HILLS H W Longfellow, SUMMARY, , H W Longfellow was a famous, 19 th century American poet., ‘Sunrise on the Hills’ is a beautiful, poem. Here the poet gives his, experiences at the sight of the rising, sun., The poet stood on a hill. The sun was, rising. The horizon was clothed in the, light of the sun. The woods were, brightened. The clouds below were, bathed in glory. The peaks were, visible above the mist. Leafless pines, were rocking on the cliff. The rivers, 1

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flowed down by the forest’s shade., The noisy bittern circled in the sky., The poet heard the waters dashing., He saw the flash of the current. The, tree branches were bending on the, blue lake’s beach. The music of the, village bell echoed from the distant, hills. The owl’s voice filled the whole, wood land., When the sorrows of life trouble us, we may take refuge in nature’s, bosom., ……………………………., , 2