Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 ~ Lhasa de Sela 1972-2010 ...Rising Listen

Uprose the merry sphinx, and crouched no more in stone;
She melted into purple cloud, she silvered in the moon;
She spired into a yellow flame, she flowered in blossom red;
She flowed into a foaming wave, she stood Monadnoc's head.