Wednesday, February 14, 2007

RAINBOW AT THE PEAK

Now overhead a rainbow, bursting through
The scattering clouds, shone, spanning the dark sea,
Resting its bright base on the quivering blue,
And all within its arch appeared to be
Clearer than that without, and its wide hue
Waxed broad and waving, like a banner free,
Then changed like to a bow that's bent, and then
Forsook the dim eyes of those shipwrecked men.
It changed of course -- a heavenly chameleon,
The airy child of vapour and the sun,
Brought forth in purple, cradled in vermilion,
Baptized in molten gold and swathed in dun,
Glittering like crescents o'er a Turk's pavilion
And blending every colour into one...
Our shipwrecked seamen thought it a good omen;
It is as well to think so now and then.
'Twas an old custom of the Greek and Roman,
And may become of great advantage when
Folks are discouraged; and most surely no men
Had greater need to nerve themselves again
Than those, and so this rainbow looked like hope,
Quite a celestial kaleidoscope.--
George Gordon, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto II, 1819

3 Comments:

Blogger auntibeck said...

He had ALOT to say about a rainbow--didn't he? Dad said this pix was taken by Pastor Mike yesterday or before, not sure--but it was SO pretty all around the region yesterday with huge billowy clouds and then a really neat electrical storm coming over the San Berdus...

4:02 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

What a gorgeous picture. I love that view.

9:32 PM  
Blogger coolskool mom said...

I saw that rainbow in Simi, it was gorgeous. I like that poem

8:58 AM  

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