Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNRISE ON SNOQUALMIE, by AUDRIA NOLTON


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SUNRISE ON SNOQUALMIE, by                    
First Line: Forbidding peaks stand purple
Last Line: The majesty of god!
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise


Forbidding peaks stand purple
In the silence of the clouds;
Departing night
Sheds eerie light
To pierce their pearly shrouds;

The forest wakens softly
To the breeze that heralds dawn;
Gray shadows shift
And vapors lift
Where rock-hewn canyons yawn;

Rugged slopes grow radiant
At the first faint flush of morn;
The lofty snows
Glow softly rose
As the mountain day is born.

And then the gold of sunlight
Lies over sea and sod --
Across the skies
For mortal eyes
The majesty of God!





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