The Mountains Make Us Seem Smallish
Lake at Geneva Switzerland
(inspired by a beautiful Geneva image)
Just call into the empty
And echo sings back soon
The Alps are all around you
The sunny warmth of June.
The alpen flowers sparkle
Released from icy hold
And you are left so humble
As God's grandeur is told.
It's in the peaks above you.
The goats who leap sans fear.
It's in the eagle's high path
For him the heavens draw near
It's in the night-time quaintness
When window lanterns bring
The sense of family laughing
And most inclined to sing
All the glories of their Maker.
Who formed these mountains too.
The crimson dusk just witnessed.
And coming of the dew.
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Written on July 17, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on July 17, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on July 25, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 145 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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