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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLOUDS ON WHITEFACE, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography
First Line: So lovingly the clouds caress his head
Last Line: A sullen rock, his brow to heaven he bares.
Subject(s): White Mountains, New Hampshire
First Line: So lovingly the clouds caress his head
Last Line: A sullen rock, his brow to heaven he bares.
Subject(s): White Mountains, New Hampshire
SO lovingly the clouds caress his head, --
The mountain-monarch; he, severe and hard,
With white face set like flint horizon-ward;
They weaving softest fleece of gold and red,
And gossamer of airiest silver thread,
To wrap his form, wind-beaten, thunder-scarred.
They linger tenderly, and fain would stay,
Since he, earth-rooted, may not float away.
He upward looks, but moves not; wears their hues;
Draws them unto himself; their beauty shares;
And sometimes his own semblance seems to lose,
His grandeur and their grace so interfuse;
And when his angels leave him unawares,
A sullen rock, his brow to heaven he bares.
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