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 | ||||||||
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 |
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