Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MORNING SCENE, by JOHN LEYDEN Poet's Biography First Line: Lo! In the vales, where wandering rivulets Last Line: As ocean once embraced the prostrate world. Subject(s): Morning | ||||||||
Lo! in the vales, where wandering rivulets run, The fleecy mists shine gilded in the sun, Spread their loose folds, till now the lagging gale, Unfurls no more its lightly skimming sail; But through the hoary flakes, that fall like snow, Gleams in ethereal hue the watery bow. 'Tis ancient silence, robed in thistle down, Whose snowy locks its fairy circles crown; His vesture moves not, as he hovers lone, While curling fogs compose his airy throne; Serenely still, self-pois'd, he rests on high, And soothes each infant breeze that fans the sky. The mists ascend; -- the mountains scarce are free, Like islands floating in a billowy sea; While on their chalky summits glimmering dance The sun's last rays across the gray expanse: As sink the hills in waves that round them grow, The hoary surges scale the cliff's tall brow; The fleecy billows o'er its head are hurl'd, As ocean once embraced the prostrate world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORNING SONG by KARLE WILSON BAKER THE WHARF ON THAMES-SIDE: WINTER DAWN by LAURENCE BINYON POEM BEFORE BREAKFAST by TED KOOSER I'VE BEEN ASLEEP by PHILIP LEVINE SPRNG DAY: BREAKFAST TABLE by AMY LOWELL THE WAYSIDE STATION by EDWIN MUIR |
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