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Song of a Blue Mountain Stream

by Veron
(Canada)

Question:
Hello,

I would like to get the word of the poem by Reginald M Murray, "Song of a Blue Mountain Stream" .

I would love to teach it to my 10 year old who is interested in poetry.

Thanks, veron

Answer: Dec.21.08 by W.Gayle

Update! - The poem was found - see below. See posting by Joel D'Hue dated Feb 7, 2010.

Hi Veron,

I've done some research but can't seem to find anything. I am hopeful that someone from Jamaica who knows the words will share them with us by posting their answer below.

I find my site visitors are very helpful in this regard.

Stay in touch!

Regards,
Wellesley

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Song of a Blue Mountain Stream

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Feb 07, 2009

Song of a Blue Mountain Stream
by: Joel D'Hue

I do not know the whole poem but I do remember some of it. Here goes:

In a cleft remote where white mists float
Around Blue Mountain's peak
I rise unseen beneath a screen
Of fog clouds dank and bleak.

I trickle I flow to the hills below
And vales that lie far under.
From bablings low I louder grow
I shout I roar I thunder

Through fern arched dells where
Fairy bells and violets scent the air
While calls above the soft blue dove
And lone voiced solitaire.

(This is where I get lost but I do remember one more verse)

Then last I pour with deafening roar
Over a mighty crag.
And the echoes ring as I headlong fling
The trees I downward drag.

I have been trying to find the words myself so if you get lucky and find someone who knows the whole poem I'd like a copy of it. Thanks

Mar 28, 2009

Try Australian Poet - Henry Kendall
by: Tim

I believe the words you're looking for are written by an Australian poet from the 1800's - Try searching for or googling information on Australian Poet - Henry Kendall.

Hope it helps.

Tim

Nov 14, 2009

Poem in a book called "Ramblings"
by: Anonymous

The Cornell university library has a copy of a book called "Ramblings", written by Reginald Myrie Murray. It is a collection of his poems.

You can find "The Song of a Mountain Stream" and others at the following website: http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924013245158#page/n13/mode/2up.

Jan 28, 2010

song of the blue mountain stream
by: claudette

you can log in under
reginald myrie murray or under the name of this book
RAMBLING OR www.archive.org/stream.

good luck. you may respond to my email....
caneita.stewart126@gmail.com

Feb 02, 2010

The song of a Mountain Stream
by: Anonymous

Thank you so very much. I, myself, have been searching for this poem for the longest while. It is so very, very beautiful.

Feb 07, 2010

THE SONG OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN STREAM
by: Pam Dennett

I seem to remember this from The Song of the Blue Mountain Stream:

I trickle and flow to the bills below and vales that lie far under Through babbling brook and something something,
I murmer and meander, etc. etc.

I do hope someone would give us the whole poem. I think it was either in the Royal Reader or the West Indian Reader that I read these poems along with others such "Mary go and call the cattle home", There was a ship of Rio sailed out into the blue" and many others. This is going back 52 years ago. What wonderful books they were. Does anyone still have the books? Pam

Feb 07, 2010

Someone put up the link to the Cornel Library but did not leave his/her name
by: Joel D'Hue

Here is the Poem:

The Song Of A Mountain Stream

In a cleft remote
Where white mists float
Around Blue Mountain?s Peak,
I rise unseen
Beneath a screen
Of fog-clouds dark and bleak
I trickle, I flow
To the hills below
And vales that lie far under,
From babblings low
I louder grow,
I shout, I roar, I thunder.

I fall with a rush
In the morning hush
While the mountain seeping lies,
There swift I sweep,
Here slow I creep,
Till the sound of my motion dies;
Oh! I rejoice
In the night wind?s voice
As soft it kisses my stream,
And dance and glimmer
And glance and shimmer
Where moon-lit reaches gleam.

With ice-cold wave
I gently lave
The flowers as I wander,
I gloom and glide
?Neath Mountain Pride,
I murmur and meander
Thru? fern-arched dells
Where fairy-bells
And violets scent the air
While calls above
The doleful dove
And lone voiced solitaire.

And here I crash
With silver flash
Over a mighty crag,
And the echoes ring
As I headlong fling
The trees I downward drag;
Till last I pour
With deafening roar,
A highwood stream no longer,
O?er plains below
And seawards flow
A river broad and stronger .

By Reginald M Murray

Apr 05, 2010

Song of a Blue Mountain Stream by Reginald Murray
by: Shirley Baker

The entry dated 07 Feb 2010 is pretty near the version I have. I am a Jamaican and we learnt the poem in school because we feel it was about our blue mountain!

Apr 15, 2010

Paving The way To The Blue Mountain Stream
by: Joan S.

Well hello there to everyone who showed interest and remained interested in this poem.

This means so much to me that I feel like hugging everyone, especially the person who finally found this poem.

Dear friends, My interest goes way back to my childhood days when I lived in the Parish of Portland, Cascade District.

Our family home was situated on a hill nestled in a bit of plain land.but the rest of the property was hilly all around as far as the eyes could see.

The house was faced towards the Blue Mountains and we had the full view of the highest peak amongst them. I am just picturing the sights!!!

Well, I was taught that poem and we had to recite this whenever asked to do so, by teachers and parents.

Now, I had a very active imagination, and used to visualize the "stream" flowing in the manner as depicted in the poem.realizing, that that somewhere, that stream becomes a river, then from the river eventually flow to the sea. BEAUTIFUL!!I could go on and on.

However, thanks a million. (smile) Joan

Apr 22, 2010

Song of The Blue Mountain Stream
by: Rudolph

Today April 21 2010 marks the joyous end to a very long search for this wonderful poem. It was by accident. I did not know that anyone else was looking for it.

I also did this poem in elementary school 2000 feet up the Blue Mountains in the hills of St. Andrew - Mavis Bank.

Thanks to that kind person who posted it .
I must go read my poem now. Bye.
Ruddy

May 27, 2010

The song of the blue mountain stream.
by: Anonymous

Thanks to you guys I have been searching for this poem for years. I learn it when i was in fourth grade at Derry primary school in st Mary over 40 yrs ago.

I was just asking a friend if he knows it, he recommended that I Google search it. My heart fill with Joy when I saw it, bring me back to the class room when we have to recite it with all the expression.

thanks again.

Ireta Johnson.

Jul 08, 2010

Bless you all
by: Marcia - Kgn. Jamaica

Friends I thought I was the only persons trying to find the words to this poem. It has been haunting me for more than 20 years. I will never lose the words again. Thanks and blessings.

Nov 18, 2010

Song of a Blue Stream Stream
by: verna

Thank you Joel,like others I have been searching for this poem for years.I remembered most of it but not all. This poem is obviously important to many. UK

Nov 30, 2010

I too Remember This Poen
by: Clair

I really appreciate the person who found the words to The Song Of A Blue Mountain Stream. Certainly appreciate it.

I and my other class mates were also taught this Poem maybe in fourth grade, I remember reciting it on stage with all it's expressions taught by my Teacher, Miss Fan at Preston Primary School eons ago in the 60s. God Bless You Miss fan

I never forgot it's existence but could not remember all the verses.

Nov 30, 2010

A Correction
by: clair

"A highwood stream no longer' THIS SHOULD READ A MOUNTin stream no longer.

Jan 07, 2011

Such sweet reverie!
by: Skinny

Thanks guys, I have been trying to find it for the past forty plus years. I remember having to recite it for Ms. Topper at Golden Grove Elementary School, in St. Thomas. Although I left Jamaica over 55 years ago, those memories still linger.

Now here is a new challenge: How about a poem with the line "...and the far red light of home."

Please, someone help me out. I would be eternally greatful.

Jan 07, 2011

Corrections
by: Joel D'Hue

The words that I put up on this site Feb. 2010 were those found in the book from the Cornel Library. I think there are errors in it.

It is not the way I remember the poem but then I was very young when I heard the poem. In fact I did not learn it in school. I heard my older sisters recite it and I agree that it should read...a MOUNTAIN stream no longer. Thank you Clair for the correction.

As you can see there are typo errors as well. I will correct these soon.
We should keep this action going. There may be someone who knows of another published version of this extremely beautiful and inciteful work. Does anyone know anything about the Author?

Jan 07, 2011

Corrections
by: Joel D'Hue

I keep making typo errors. That should be INSIGHTFUL....NOT INCITEFUL

Jan 07, 2011

Musing
by: Skinny

Rudolph,I think there might still be a line that is not correct.

Again, I it has been a long time ago for me, but as I read the complete poem now, it seems to me that the second to last line should be .."towards seaward flow..."

I am just saying!

PS: We might be related. I was told one side of my family is from Mavis Bank, a big family, the Drysdales.

Speak!!

Jan 07, 2011

Another Correction
by: Clair

Didn't notice I made a mistake when i replied..it looks dreadful.

Anyway here is the correct poem in it's entirety.

The Song Of A Mountain Stream
By Reginald M. Murray

In a cleft remote
Where white mists float
Around Blue Mountain's Peak,
I rise unseen
Beneath a screen
Of fog-clouds dank and bleak
I trickle, I flow
To the hills below
And vales that lie far under,
From babblings low
I louder grow,
I shout, I roar, I thunder.

I fall with a rush
In the morning hush
While the mountain seeping lies,
There swift I sweep,
Here slow I creep,
Till the sound of my motion dies;
Oh! I rejoice
In the night wind's voice
As soft it kisses my stream,
And dance and glimmer
And glance and shimmer
Where moon-lit reaches gleam.

With ice-cold wave
I gently lave
The flowers as I wander,
I gloom and glide
'Neath Mountain Pride,
I murmur and meander
Thru arched fern dells
Where fairy-bells
And violets scent the air
While calls above
The soft blue dove
It's lone voice solitaire.
And here I crash
With a silver flash
Over a mighty crag,
The echoes ring
As I headlong fling
The trees I downward drag;
Till last I pour
With deafening roar,
A mountain stream no longer,
O'er plains below
And seawards flow
A river broad and stronger .

Mar 12, 2011

lovely poem
by: audrey thomas

i have been looking for this poem for so long,thank you guys! my teacher was mrs.granderson at crooked river school,clarendon.she taught her class this poem.

Apr 06, 2011

MY MEMORY OF THE POEM' SONG OF A BLUE MOUNTAIN STREAM' BY Reginald M. MURRAY
by: Anonymous

I did that poem in primary school. H IA FIRST THREE VERSES SOUND RIGHT. I REMEMBER THE LAST VERSES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND THEN I CRASH WITH SILVER SPLASH OVER A MIGHTY CRAG AND THE ECHOES RING AS I HEADLONG FLING THE TREES I DOWNWARD DRAG AND THEN I POUR WITH DEAFENING ROAR A MOUNTAIN STREAM NO LONGER A RIVER BROAD AND STRONGER. please note this is from memory of 40 years ago

May 06, 2011

song of the mou
by: Anonymous

I HAVE THE LAST VERSES!

And here I crash,
With silver flash,
Over a mighty grag

And the echoes ring,
As I headlong fling,
The trees I downward drag.

Till last I pour,
With deafing roar,
A mountain stream no longer
O'er plains below,
I seaward flow,
A River, broad and stronger!

May 08, 2011

Beautiful Memories
by: clarence

I attended the Irwin Hill Primary School in St. James , Jamaica where my mother mrs. Forbes taught the lower division. The principal Miss Brown was a very cultural person and exposed us to a lot of poetry including this beautiful poem.

This poem has stayed on my mind and heart for over 50 years and it was a joy to find it again. I get the same beautiful feeling I got the first time I heard it having been quite a romantic from a very early age.What a difference from the type of lyrics children are being exposed to today. Many thanks to your site, keep up the good work.

Jul 19, 2011

Who wrote the poem
by: Anonymous

RMMURRY was the head master for Mico.his wife had died ,he sent his 2daughters Canada forhigher education.bought a home in MILLBANK portland where he hired the local hunters who knew the mountians, with them he would head for the highest peak or darkest valley sometimes hewould be gone for weeks it is the Rio Grande River he wrote.he died in 1968

Sep 01, 2011

Song of a Blue Mountain Stream
by: Savanna la Mar

Thats what I like about us Jamaicans,we can put our heads together and come up with the right answer everytime.Song of a Blue Mountain Stream can be found in The Royal Caribbean Reader,Book Two.It was my class recitation way back in 1950.What memories. Now,can anyone help with..Jamaica,by Tom Redcam,and When the Lignum Vitae Blooms,by ?,also Drought in Manchester by ?.Please help alla oonuh.Thanks,Your fellow countryman living in a foreign land.

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