Nature
Look now! The crested waters sleep
From Song-Waves (1900)
Look now! The crested waters sleep;
White stars their emerald twilight keep
Above the tryst of pensile glories
That kiss to purple-and-gold the deep.
Blossoms the rose red as its name;
The trees aspire to heaven, like flame;
Articulate the gold-eyed songsters;
While angels lean from their place of fame.
O sleep, sleep now, sleep silverly,
Radiant, divine, deep-bosomed sea!
Thy cradle rocks to skyey breathings,
Bright fall Love's shadows on you and me.
Codex Note
From the sequence Song-Waves (1900)
Cite this poem
MLA
Rand, Theodore Harding. “Look now! The crested waters sleep.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/134/.
Chicago
Rand, Theodore Harding. “Look now! The crested waters sleep.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/134/.
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