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 To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
 [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]  
 To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
 [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.] 
 Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
 Eternal sunshine settles on its head.  
 Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
 Eternal sunshine settles on its head. 
Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular
Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains
 What is the voice of strange command
 Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
  With love that read more 
 What is the voice of strange command
 Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
  With love that cannot brook delay,
   To rise and follow the ways that wend
    Over the hills and far away. 
 Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains;
 They crown'd him long ago
  On a throne of rocks, read more 
 Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains;
 They crown'd him long ago
  On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,
   With a diadem of snow. 
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for read more
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
 Over the hills, and over the main,
 To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;
  The Queen commands, and we'll read more 
 Over the hills, and over the main,
 To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;
  The Queen commands, and we'll obey,
   Over the hills and far away. 
 And o'er the hills and far away,
 Beyond their utmost purple rim,
  Beyond the night, across the read more 
 And o'er the hills and far away,
 Beyond their utmost purple rim,
  Beyond the night, across the day,
   Thro' all the world she followed him.