Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TIMBERLINE, by JESSIE M. GILMORE


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TIMBERLINE, by                    
First Line: When twilight falls on timberline
Last Line: As sweetly as a vesper hymn.
Subject(s): Nature; Trees; Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes


When twilight falls on timberline,
The lilac tinted afterglow
Lies tenderly on rock and pine;
The juniper and mistletoe,
Whose gleaming berries faintly show,
Press close against the boulder's rim,
And sleepy bird-notes seem to flow
As sweetly as a vesper hymn.

Upon the amber sky's design,
Slim birches make a dazzling row,
Reflecting violet flames that shine
As breezes sway them to and fro,
And from the creek-bed down below,
Where freshets foam around the brim,
Come murmured melodies that go
As sweetly as a vesper hymn.

Arbutus scents the hill-side shrine,
And white plum-thickets shed their snow
Where violets and columbine,
Wild roses and the pasque flowers grow,
And here will come the timid doe,
With her young fawn, when day grows dim,
Its peace surrounding her, I know,
As sweetly as a vesper hymn.

Envoy

Oh Wanderer, the twilight bow
Of color tints each rock and limb
On timberline, the night-winds blow
As sweetly as a vesper hymn.





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