Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRING ON THE DESERT, by FRANCES HUNT PRAY



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SPRING ON THE DESERT, by                    
First Line: The gleaming blue of heaven deserts the sky
Last Line: Its hidden soul in flowering radiance.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Spring


The gleaming blue of Heaven deserts the sky
To tumble flower-waved across the plain --
A trembling inland sea, that strives to gain
The distant mountain slopes, that dreaming lie
In serried circles, undisturbed and high.
Pale-hued they are where recent snows have lain,
Yet faint tints show -- as though through frosted pane
A candle gleamed -- that poppy blooms are nigh.
Throughout long months, the Sun with fiery lance,
Across the miles in silent anger steals,
But once a year, when lisping rains of spring,
With gentle whispers soothe earth's suffering,
The seared and aching desert waste reveals
Its hidden soul in flowering radiance.





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