Lake Louise

Majestic mountains rise like mounted men, Their faces chiseled from the rugged stone. The evergreens enveiling all the glen Ascend in gowns of green, but leave a crown Of jagged peaks, where shimmering glaciers groan, And tears they shed glide gently ever down. Above the jade-like waves of Lake Louise The sunbeams stream through lightest sapphire skies, Till sunset bursts in blooms of deep cerise. When lying still she mirrors the mountain's face, Or wavelets shine like diamonds in her eyes; What trickled once as tears is joyous grace. Majestic mountains rise like mounted men Above the jade-like waves of Lake Louise. {Written in Cornish Sonnet form using iambic pentameter.}