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Unforgettable Fire

I remember hearing sometime in the past that the line in the song "Unforgettable Fire" : "And if the mountains should crumble/ or disappear into the sea/not a tear, no not I" is an allusion to or reference from some other source, a poem or another song. Has anyone else heard this and know where it's from or am I imagining things?
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