A prairie sunset

A prairie sunset: Shot gold, maroon and violet,

dazzling silver, emerald, fawn,

The earth's whole amplitude and nature's multiform power

consigned for once to colors;

The light, the genial air possessed by them;

colors till now unknown, no limit, confine;

not the Western sky alone; the high meridian;

North, South, all, pure luminous color

fighting the silent shadows to the last.