Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNSET IN THE FOREST, by LYDIA JANE PEIRSON First Line: Come now unto the forest, and enjoy Last Line: Are hymning gratitude and love to god? Alternate Author Name(s): Wheeler, Lydia Jane Subject(s): Forests; Woods | ||||||||
COME now unto the Forest, and enjoy The loveliness of nature. Look abroad And note the tender beauty and repose Of the magnificent, in earth and sky. See what a radiant smile of golden light O'erspreads the face of heaven; while the west Burns like a living ruby, in the ring Of the deep green horizon. Now the shades Are deepening round the feet of the tall trees, Bending the head of the pale blossoms down Upon their mother's bosom, where the breeze Comes with a low sweet hymn and balmy kiss, To lull them to repose. Look now, and see How every mountain, with its leafy plume, Or rocky helm, with crest of giant pine, Is veil'd with floating amber, and gives back The loving smile of the departing sun, And nods a calm adieu. Hark! from the dell Where sombre hemlocks sigh unto the stream, Which with its everlasting harmony Returns each tender whisper; what a gush Of liquid melody, like soft, rich tones Of flute and viol, mingling in sweet strains Of love and rapture, float away toward heaven. 'T is the AEdoleo from her sweet place, Singing to nature's God the perfect hymn Of nature's innocence. Does it not seem That earth is list'ning to that evening song? There's such a hush on mountain, plain, and streams. Seems not the sun to linger in his bower On yonder leafy summit, pouring forth His glowing adoration unto God, Blent with that evening hymn? while every flower Bows gracefully, and mingles with the strain Its balmy breathing. Have you look'd on aught In all the panoply and bustling pride Of the dense city with its worldly throng, So soothing, so delicious to the soul, So like the ante-chamber of high heaven, As this old forest, with the emerald crown Which it has worn for ages, glittering With the bright halo of departing day, While from its bosom living seraphim Are hymning gratitude and love to God? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER COME TO THE WOODS by LYDIA JANE PEIRSON |
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