|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOONRISE IN THE ROCKIES, by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON Poet's Biography
First Line: The trembling train clings to the leaning wall
Last Line: And a million firs stand tipped with lucent fire.
Subject(s): Rocky Mountain Range
First Line: The trembling train clings to the leaning wall
Last Line: And a million firs stand tipped with lucent fire.
Subject(s): Rocky Mountain Range
THE trembling train clings to the leaning wall
Of solid stone; a thousand feet below
Sinks a black gulf; the sky hangs like a pall
Upon the peaks of everlasting snow.
Then of a sudden springs a rim of light,
Curved like a silver sickle. High and higher --
Till the full moon burns on the breast of night,
And a million firs stand tipped with lucent fire.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
FOR J.A. AS DUSK DEEPENS CANYON by ANNE WALDMAN
MOONRISE IN THE ROCKIES by ROUTH PICKETT BRADLEY
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NIGHT by EDWARD RALPH CHEYNEY
WHERE THE GRIZZLY DWELLS by JAMES FOX (20TH CENTURY)
ON RECROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN WINTER,AFTER MANY YEARS by JOHN CHARLES FREMONT
SUN ON THE ROCKIES by EDNA SWANSON KING
THOUGHT IN WHITE WINTER by MARGUERITE E. ROSEBERY
CANYON WALLS by IRIS ELIZABETH SPARKS
FOR PURPLE MOUNTAINS' MAJESTY' by MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON
BEGGARS by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON
CRADLE SONG OF THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON