| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | An Ocean Sunrise | | By George Shepard Burleigh (1821–1903) |
| | | LIKE frosted silver in the earth’s broad palm | |
| The ocean lay, unmoving as the sky, | |
| When the sky caught, from morning’s opening eye, | |
| Ineffable splendors, and from earth the balm | |
| Of all the flowers whose sweetness was a psalm | 5 |
| Sung out by every bird-throat audibly. | |
| The soft, warm light reflected from on high | |
| Shed vapory gold on ocean’s waveless calm. | |
| Out of the sea the sun rose royally, | |
| And on the sea its burning image flung, | 10 |
| And to the sea that burning image clung, | |
| As the orb climbed in double majesty; | |
| A fiery isthmus stretched its arm between | |
| Two continents of fire in passing splendor seen. | | | | |
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