778. Before Sunrise in Winter by Edward Rowland Sill. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

778. Before Sunrise in Winter

By Edward Rowland Sill


A PURPLE cloud hangs half-way down;
Sky, yellow gold below;
The naked trees, beyond the town,
Like masts against it show,—

Bare masts and spars of our earth-ship,	5
With shining snow-sails furled;
And through the sea of space we slip,
That flows all round the world.