The Blue Ridge

Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)



STILL and calm,
In purple robes of kings,
The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world.
The forests cover them like mantles;
Day and night
Rise and fall over them like the wash of waves.

Asleep, they reign.
Silent, they say all.
Hush me, O slumbering mountains -
Send me dreams.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Harriet Monroe

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