THE MER DE GLACE."And I saw as it were a sea of glass."
OWN from the dizzy pathless drifts,The frozen river flows,
A sea of glass in glittering waves,
Transfix'd in death's repose.
Celestial blue from worlds unseen,
Mantles the icy crests,
And precious gems their colours fling
Like flowers upon the wastes.
Mantles the icy crests,
And precious gems their colours fling
Like flowers upon the wastes.
The amethysts with regal light,
Like violets' sweet breath,
Are types of flowers, spirit buds—
Now frozen into death.
Like violets' sweet breath,
Are types of flowers, spirit buds—
Now frozen into death.
With onyx stem and jasper leaf,
And blush of agate rose;
How beautiful! Has sunset died,
And into felspar froze?
And blush of agate rose;
How beautiful! Has sunset died,
And into felspar froze?
