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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRIBUTE TO BURLINGTON, by SEWALL SYLVESTER CUTTING First Line: Fair burlington! I bring a song to thee Last Line: Thou lovely naples of our midland sea! Subject(s): Burlington, Vermont | |||
FAIR BURLINGTON; I bring a song to thee, Thou lovely Naples of our Midland Sea! From verdant base here Mansfield rises high; There White-Face, Marcy, pierce the western sky; The lake of tremulous silver lies between, And hamlets, woodlands, meadows, fill the scene. Here peaceful labor cultivates the vale; Here prosperous commerce spreads the swelling sail; Here gentle manners social life refine; Here learning keeps her consecrated shrine; Here faith allegiant to one common Lord Rears varying temples in divine accord, And charity, in gentle woman's guise, Brings home and healing to life's maladies. Thou city fair! in summer verdure drest Like maiden love, more hidden than confest; From out embowering trees thy mansions rise, Mid lawns that smile with blooms of Paradise. And where shall limning fancy find the power To point the beauty of thy sunset hour? The traveler lingering on the Pincian heights When all the west a golden glory lights The "Eternal City" in the gray below Afar, the darkening dome of Angelo Hath seen no vision of Italian sky To hold with thine an equal rivalry, For broader far thy mountain-bounded west, From lofty Dix to Dannemora's crest And broader far the vale where, quiet, sleep The waters which thy mountain-sentries keep. O matchless splendors! never sung nor told Now golden purple, now empurpled gold! O'er mount and plain the heavens their tints diffuse, And tinge the waves with iridescent hues. And now, when slowly fades departing day, The moon, full-orbed, walks her celestial way, And, bathing all things in her silver light, Prolongs the beauty through the slumbering night. Fair Burlington! accept this song to thee Thou lovely Naples of our Midland Sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EMPEDOCLES ON ETNA; A DRAMATIC POEM by MATTHEW ARNOLD SONNET: 98 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AN INVENTORY OF THE FURNITURE IN DR. PRIESTLEY'S STUDY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE POWERFUL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET ON THE DEATH OF MR. FOX by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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