Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOUNT KINGSTON, by EDWIN M. CASE First Line: The veil of night-mist drawn aside Last Line: And look down on a pigmy world. Subject(s): Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
The veil of night-mist drawn aside, Mount Kingston shoulders into view; A deep blue pile of mighty slopes, That rise, and sweep with grandeur up To heights that breathe of infinite. The first sun rays slant up to crown The topmost peak, mauve-shaded gold; Daylight sifts through a waving sea Of green tree tops, which overflows The slopes around a granite cliff -- A cosmic tablet, etched by storms And seared by years on years of sun; High up above a pine leans out A broken, bare-limbed forest shell, On which gray-headed eagles perch And look down on a pigmy world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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