Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOUNTAINS OF MERAN AT SUNRISE, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD Poet's Biography First Line: Like snow-white tents, their tapering forms Last Line: Bloom in the crystal air. Subject(s): Dawn; Heaven; Mountains; Sun; Sunrise; Paradise; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
Like snow-white tents, their tapering forms Indent the western sky: The jewelled gifts of countless storms Upon their summits lie. The sinking moon, with fading scars, Hath touched their frosty spires; Around them pale the wearied stars, Like waning bivouac fires. Stray cloudlets, reddening one by one, Like rose leaves half unfurled, Announce the coming of the sun To an awakening world. The chief peak now hath caught the glow, And, soft, o'er sloping walls And buttresses of dazzling snow, The flood of splendor falls; While miles of tender pink and gold Incrust the blue of space, And bands of amethyst enfold Each mountan's massive base. Gone are the tents that pierced the skies; But in their place, more fair, Transfigured flowers of Paradise Bloom in the crystal air. | 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 A MAY MONODY by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD |
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