Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PIKE'S PEAK, by LILIAN WHITE SPENCER First Line: Throned on the west this naked patriarch Last Line: With longing for his errant bride, the sea. Subject(s): Mountains; Pikes Peak, Colorado; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
Throned on the west this naked patriarch; His snowy locks down streaming; meditates Among the windy stars as lesser pates Of brother summits bow to him. The stark Far crawling plains lie at his feet and mark Their homage with red shrines; by men named "Gates To gardens of the gods." In cloud he waits Jehovah-like, above the ruddy park. That old blanched head remembers when the young Earth mother lifted him from chaos. He Recalls how waters once around him flung Proud scintillating arms triumphantly And scorns these suppliant lands: whose age is wrung With longing for his errant bride, the sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH APACHE - WIFE - ARIZONA by LILIAN WHITE SPENCER |
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