Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ROCKS OF MT. DESERT, by E. M. T.


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THE ROCKS OF MT. DESERT, by                    
First Line: The soft light of the setting sun
Last Line: E. M. T.
Subject(s): Flirtation; Love


THE soft light of the setting sun
Across the water lay,
And dark against its glory rose
The islands in the bay;
The air was still, upon the shore
The pine-trees stood inert,
The quiet sea broke softly on
The rocks of Mt. Desert.

The placid water mirrored back
The glory of the skies,
But all the glow I heeded not
For the light of two soft eyes;
And often as, so slightly raised,
They did to mine revert,
No paradise, I felt, was like
The rocks of Mt. Desert.

The murmuring sea I did not hear,
For a voice of music sweet
That thrilled my heart, until I thought
I almost heard it beat;
For all was still, upon the shore
The pine-trees stood inert,
No sighing breezes swept across
The rocks of Mt. Desert.

The sunset died, the sobbing sea
I heard along the shore;
That thrilling voice, those tender eyes
Are gone forevermore.
She is not dead or gone away,
The fickle little flirt,
But glorifies, to other eyes,
The rocks of Mt. Desert.
E. M. T.





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