Poems (Commelin)/Morn and Eve at Kaaterskill
MORN AND EVE AT KAATERSKILL.
What doth the morn show at Kaaterskill?Landscape of mountain and valley and stream,Lofty peak, verdant plain, and the far distant hill,Fairer than artist's or poet's fond dream,Aurora, resplendent, capricious in sway,With azure or mist will she greet us to-day?Bluest skies, tender hues, fleecy clouds she may showWhile she drapes, with light vapor, the valley below.
What doth the eve bring to Kaaterskill?Far away over Round Top's violet breast,In the day's decline, oft she paints at willA glory of color and flame in the west,Ere night shall succeed her, in jewelled array,With tints of the rainbow she passeth away;But the mountain, the hill-top, the valley, the plain,Enchained by her beauty, reflect it again.