I hit the sky, yet never leave the ground, The apex of heights, in full glory crowned. Ambition-fueled climb, few dare the time, To reach the point that crowns the climb.

I am old and grey, I am passing over this place. Yet I will stand my ground, I am willing to die in this place. But they tell me that I am making a big deal out of small things.

The great barrier of the waves. With much warmth I give refuge to life and bring the clear blue deep to many coasts.

Narcissus gazed upon me, staying so long he became a flower, I am the home of a sorceress who bestowed Excalibur upon King Arthur, I am where Odette transformed between swan and human

Sometimes when you look at me, you see yourself, sometimes you see into me, I am often fresh but sometimes salty, Beneath my surface is another world of animals and plants, I am bounded all around by land