YES, it was the mountain Echo, br Solitary, clear, profound, br Answering to the shouting Cuckoo, br Giving to her sound for sound! br br Unsolicited reply br To a babbling wanderer sent; br Like her ordinary cry, br Like--but oh, how different! br br Hears not also mortal Life? br Hear not we, unthinking Creatures! br Slaves of folly, love, or strife-- br Voices of two different natures? br br Have not 'we' too?--yes, we have br Answers, and we know not whence; br Echoes from beyond the grave, br Recognised intelligence! br br Such rebounds our inward ear br Catches sometimes from afar-- br Listen, ponder, hold them dear; br For of God,--of God they are.