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In the Murree Hills

By:John Proctor
John Proctor is from the United Kingdom.He has followed a career in
education in England, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and, since 1988 in
Pakistan. His early experience includes voluntary service in the Solomon
Islands and employment within a traditional rural community in the
Scottish Highlands.

Timeline of the poet

1948

In 1988 he started living in PAKISTAN

2004

He wrote this poem

"IN THE MURREE HILLS"

Map of the places he visited

Chart

The places he visited.

Pakistan

Enland

Iran

Jordan and Saudi Arabia

 poem

We walked in the perfumed-ladened breeze,

Admist majestic pines, and chil and deodar trees;

In shadowy valleys and rocky ravines

Where tiny rills meet the rushing streams;

Where summer's green foliage makes a grateful change

From the burning heat of Punjab plains;

Where shining mist-columns at noon arise

To evaporate swiftly in luminous skies;

Where ferns and flowers-the gentian and sweet edelweiss-

Are adorned by the colours of superb butterflies;

Where torrents of water from a mild thunderstorm

Herald the start of the summer monsoon;

And where beauty.and peace, and 'intelligent design'

Reflect the great Soul of the Creator Divine.