Farther
by John James Piatt (1835-1917) |
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FAR-OFF a young State rises, full of might:
I paint
its brave escutcheon. Near at hand
See the log-cabin in
the rough clearing stand;
A woman by its door, with
steadfast sight,
Trustful, looks Westward, where,
uplifted bright,
Some city's Apparition, weird and grand,
In dazzling quiet fronts the lonely land,
With vast and
marvelous structures wrought of light,
Motionless on the
burning cloud afar:
The haunting vision of a time to be,
After the heroic age is ended here,
Built on the
boundless, still horizon's bar
By the low sun, his
gorgeous prophecy
Lighting the doorway of the pioneer! |
By John James Piatt (1835-1917)
Listed February 25, 2013About a new western state joining
the USA.
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