LAKE TAHOE.[1]
Lake Tahoe, sweetest lake of lakes!
The vision of thy beauty breaks
With startling power upon the eye!
A sheen of water gleaming high
Above the tall dark-pointed pines:
Apparently thy wave inclines
Toward the sun, who pauses there
To dress his long, bright amber hair;
And many a loose, thick, shining tress
Twines round thee in a warm caress;
Nor does thy bosom's picture slight
His most impassioned glance of light;
The day, whose smile thy mirror takes,
Hath named thee sweetest lake of lakes.
The vision of thy beauty breaks
With startling power upon the eye!
A sheen of water gleaming high
Above the tall dark-pointed pines:
Apparently thy wave inclines
Toward the sun, who pauses there
To dress his long, bright amber hair;
And many a loose, thick, shining tress
Twines round thee in a warm caress;
Nor does thy bosom's picture slight
His most impassioned glance of light;
The day, whose smile thy mirror takes,
Hath named thee sweetest lake of lakes.
Lake Tahoe, sweetest lake of lakes!
The crescent moon oft overtakes
And tramples on the soft white feet
Of day, unwilling to retreat
The crescent moon oft overtakes
And tramples on the soft white feet
Of day, unwilling to retreat
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- ↑ A beautiful crystal lake, situated on the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which separate Nevada from California.
