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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI AT NIGHT, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Sowing the waves with a fiery rain
Last Line: Jehovah's dread, unutterable name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): Mississippi River; Rivers
First Line: Sowing the waves with a fiery rain
Last Line: Jehovah's dread, unutterable name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): Mississippi River; Rivers
Sowing the waves with a fiery rain,
Leaving behind us a lane of light,
Weaving a web in the woof of night,
Cleaving a continent's wealth in twain.
Lighting the world with a way of flame,
Writing, even as the lightnings write
High over the awful arched forehead of night,
Jehovah's dread, unutterable name.
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