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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORANGE BLOSSOMS AND SIERRA NIGHT, by SAMUEL ALEXANDER WHITE
First Line: Sweet scent of blossoms, through the canyons wide
Last Line: I walk with still, in orange blossom scent.
Subject(s): Night; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Bedtime
First Line: Sweet scent of blossoms, through the canyons wide
Last Line: I walk with still, in orange blossom scent.
Subject(s): Night; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Bedtime
Sweet scent of blossoms, through the canyons wide,
You ripple in my heart a hidden stream
Of mem'ries deep and, while Sierras dream
I slowly drift beneath their spired side;
Night blossoms! -- once your petals kissed my bride
When love blazed crimson as the mountains' gleam,
And in her bouquet's bloom again I seem
To hear church bells above Pacific's tide;
A madd'ning essence there distilled for me! --
Of love and joy, of hope and dream-days spent,
And sadness, too, for what we could not see
Down parting's secret path the way we went:
All though night journeys, my affinity
I walk with still, in orange blossom scent.
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