Classic Poem

Before mine eyes are sea and sky,
And from the sea, a mountain high
Bathed in the softest silver light;
The sun's great shield so dazzling bright
Upon the tranquil sea doth lie.

Such radiant gems I there descry
Nor Emperors nor Queens may buy;
They shine like flashing stars of night
Before mine eyes.

Oh mountain, soft as clouds that fly,
Oh clouds, 'twixt heaven and earth that ply,
And sea of silver, shorn of might
By peaceful sky; most blessed sight
To soothe, to cheer, to fortify
Before mine eyes.