Scent of sage and a coyote's song, Silver sand in moonlight gleam, Glowing days that drift along -- Ever the shining dream. Flapjacks and bacon frying In smoke of eventide, A hot wind softly sighing, Gray silence deep and wide. Sawtoothed peaks and lava slopes, The heat that comes with noon -- Still the eager, youthful hopes, Vast wealth shall be his soon. Defeat recedes and distant, dim, Hidden gold is his alone! Visions lure and beckon him -- The desert keeps its own. Years are long and hills grow steep, On -- and on -- he cannot fail! Under the sand, fast asleep, The end of the last long trail. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WINTER'S NIGHT by ROBERT FROST ON A TUFT OF GRASS by EMMA LAZARUS LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM THE HEART'S RETURN by EDWIN MARKHAM BLACK EAGLE RETURNS TO ST. JOE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO WHISTLER, AMERICAN; ON LOAN EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS AT TATE GALLERY by EZRA POUND |