Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LAKE LOUISE, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY



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LAKE LOUISE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I think that when the master jeweler
Last Line: As if a finger on their lips were laid!
Subject(s): Lakes; Peace; Seashore; Silence; Pools; Ponds; Beach; Coast; Shore


I THINK that when the Master Jeweler tells
His beads of beauty over, seeking there
One gem to name as most supremely fair,
To you He turns, O lake of hidden wells!

So very lovely are you, Lake Louise,
The stars which crown your lifted peaks at even
Mistake you for a little sea in heaven
And nightly launch their shining argosies.

From shore to dim-lit shore a ripple slips,
The happy sigh of faintly stirring night
Where safe she sleeps upon this virgin height
Captive of dream and smiling with white lips.

Surely a spell, creation-old, was made
For you, O lake of silences, that all
Earth's fretting voices here should muted fall,
As if a finger on their lips were laid!





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