Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COLORADO, by FLORA BELLE DENNIS


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COLORADO, by                    
First Line: Colorado, you are glorious
Last Line: Near the mountains of our god.
Subject(s): Colorado (state); Rest; Travel; Vacation; Journeys; Trips


Colorado, you are glorious
With your skies of turquoise blue;
Carpeted in soft green velvet,
Strewn with flowers of every hue.
Your majestic snow-capped mountains
Showing forth God's power divine,
Where the Artist of all artists
Tints the rose and columbine.

Colorado, your protection
For the birds and the wild deer,
They can live within your border
Without danger, without fear.
Rainbow trout in gorgeous colors,
Playing in each babbling brook,
Chief delight of every sportsman
And the boy with bait and hook.

Colorado, you're a haven
For the man who needs a rest,
For the one who hides a sorrow
Close within his troubled breast.
For the sunshine near your mountains
Cheers and helps the weary soul,
Prompts each one to help the other
Reach the summit of his goal.

Colorado, words are futile
To depict your virtues rare,
For no other clime or country
With your beauty, can compare;
With your trees that God has planted,
Trees that really are sublime;
Quaking aspen, fir and blue spruce,
Weeping willow, stately pine.

Colorado, when I'm lonely,
When I'm old and frail and grey,
May I live where your dear mountains
Cheer and comfort me each day.
When at last my work is finished
And these hills no more I trod,
May I rest in Colorado
Near the mountains of our God.





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