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I've seen the azure dome of heaven, Without a flickering cloud, Tinged with shooting exhalations Which, enveloping like a shroud, Gathered within its golden mantle The twinkling sentinels of night, Wrapped within its folds most gentle By the Sun-god's brilliant light. I've seen the golden dome of heaven, Like an effulgent, glowing cloud, Tinged with darting sun reflections While the earth, a queen most proud, Sported dewy diamond jewels The most transient gems of all Lured without their crystal pools By the Sun-god's beaming call. I've seen the starlit dome of heaven, Like a dazzling, sparkling crown, Tinged with ghostly, shimmering deflections; While the air in shining gown Bathed in misty, spectral show; And the sentinels of night Added their holy, auroral glow To the Moon-goddess' silvery light. |
Stanzas For Kansas
Leonard Allen Prowant
(Wichita, Kansas: __. 1937)
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