Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VII. Descriptive: Narrative. 1904. | | | | Descriptive Poems: II. Nature and Art | | The Evening Cloud | | John Wilson (Christopher North) (1785–1854) |
| | | A CLOUD lay cradled near the setting sun, | |
| A gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow; | |
| Long had I watched the glory moving on | |
| O’er the still radiance of the lake below. | |
| Tranquil its spirit seemed, and floated slow! | 5 |
| Even in its very motion there was rest; | |
| While every breath of eve that chanced to blow | |
| Wafted the traveller to the beauteous west. | |
| Emblem, methought, of the departed soul! | |
| To whose white robe the gleam of bliss is given, | 10 |
| And by the breath of mercy made to roll | |
| Right onwards to the golden gates of heaven, | |
| Where to the eye of faith it peaceful lies, | |
| And tells to man his glorious destinies. | | | | |
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