Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | New England: Blue Mountains, Me. | | The Distant Mountain-range | | Lucy Larcom (1826–1893) |
| | | THEY beckon from their sunset domes afar, | |
| Light’s royal priesthood, the eternal hills: | |
| Though born of earth, robed of the sky they are; | |
| And the anointing radiance heaven distils | |
| On their high brows, the air with glory fills. | 5 |
| The portals of the west are opened wide; | |
| And lifted up, absolved from earthly ills, | |
| All thoughts, a reverent throng, to worship glide. | |
| The hills interpret heavenly mysteries, | |
| The mysteries of Light,—an open book | 10 |
| Of Revelation: see, its leaves unfold | |
| With crimson borderings, and lines of gold! | |
| Where the rapt reader, though soul-deep his look, | |
| Dreams of a glory deeper than he sees. | | | | |
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