Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUT WHEN I SAW GRAND CANYON, by BYRDIE L. MARTIN First Line: The painted desert taught my soul to sing Last Line: And majesty, and silence like a prayer. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Grand Canyon, Arizona | ||||||||
The Painted Desert taught my soul to sing, But when I saw Grand Canyon I was mute, Stilled by this vast, this dread, imponderable thing, As a sudden stricken lark, or unstrung lute. To speak profaning word, I did not dare, The Great White Spirit, He, Himself, was there, And majesty, and silence like a prayer. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRAND CANYON by MAUDE LEE IMMELE THE TRYST BY THE GRAND CANON by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR MOUNTAINS IN THE GRAND CANYON by CALE YOUNG RICE SONNET: 25 by EDMUND JOSEPH BERRIGAN GRAND CANYON by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY AT GRAND CANYON II by NORA MARKS DAUENHAUER GRAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER GRAND CANYON by STEPHEN LEFEBURE PAINTED DESERT by TOMAZ SALAMUN CRIMSON SUNSET by BYRDIE L. MARTIN |
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