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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNSET ON THE CUMBERLAND, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon the 'chimneys' yesterday
Last Line: That sunset scene admiring.
Subject(s): Cumberland Mountains; Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: Upon the 'chimneys' yesterday
Last Line: That sunset scene admiring.
Subject(s): Cumberland Mountains; Evening; Sunset; Twilight
Upon the "Chimneys" yesterday
We sat beneath the trees
While sang the birds and softly blew
The flower scented breeze.
You should have been with us upon
Those "Chimney Rocks" and seen
The golden sun in grandeur sink
Behind the hill-tops green.
Like bars across the western sky
Such gorgeous streaks of red,
Such brilliant hues of yellow
Of blue and pink were spread.
So richly blended were those hues
They cast a lovely splendor
Which words cannot describe upon
The budding tree tops tender.
Had Rembrandt been with us I doubt
Quite much if he on canvas
Could have portrayed with brush and paint
That sunset's loveliness.
Long sat we on those moss grown rocks
With eyes and minds untiring,
The beauty and the grandeur of
That sunset scene admiring.
Other Poems of Interest...
LET EVENING COME by JANE KENYON
JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN
FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV
THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN
TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH
IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON
NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE