Leaves of Grass (1891-92)


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A PRAIRIE SUNSET.

Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn,
The earth's whole amplitude and Nature's multiform power con-
         sign'd for once to colors;
The light, the general air possess'd by them—colors till now un-
         known,
No limit, confine—not the Western sky alone—the high meri-
         dian—North, South, all,
Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last.
 
 
 
 
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