Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEARING THE SNOW LINE, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Slow toiling upward from the misty vale Last Line: And all the unclouded blue of heaven is thine! Subject(s): Mountain Climbing | ||||||||
SLOW toiling upward from the misty vale, I leave the bright enamelled zones below; No more for me their beauteous bloom shall glow, Their lingering sweetness load the morning gale; Few are the slender flowerets, scentless, pale, That on their ice-clad stems all trembling blow Along the margin of unmelting snow; Yet with unsaddened voice thy verge I hail, White realm of peace above the flowering line; Welcome thy frozen domes, thy rocky spires! O'er thee undimmed the moon-girt planets shine, On thy majestic altars fade the fires That filled the air with smoke of vain desires, And all the unclouded blue of heaven is thine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEFORE AND AFTER by CLARENCE MAJOR CLIMBING MILESTONE MOUNTAIN, AUGUST 22, 1937. by KENNETH REXROTH FOR THE BOY WHO WAS DODGER POINT LOOKOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO by GARY SNYDER AN ALPINE DESCENT by SAMUEL ROGERS ABER STATIONS: STATIO SEPTIMA by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN ABER STATIONS: STATIO SEXTA by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY [DECEMBER 16, 1773] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
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