Western Star

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Synopsis
"INVOCATION

Not for the great, not for the marvelous, Not for the barren husbands of the gold; Not for the arrowmakers of the soul, Wasted with truth, the star-regarding wise; Not even for the few Who would not be the hunter nor the prey, Who stood between the eater and the meat, The wilderness saints, the guiltless, the absolved, Born out of Time, the seekers of the balm Where the green grass grows from the broken heart; But for all these, the nameless, numberless Seed of the field, the mortal wood and earth Hewn for the clearing, trampled for the floor, Uprooted and cast out upon the stone From Jamestown to Benicia. This is their song, this is their testament, Carved to their likeness, speaking in their tongue And branded with the iron of their star. I say you shall remember them. I say When night has fallen on your loneliness And the deep wood beyond the ruined wall Seems to step forward swiftly with the dusk, You shall remember them. You shall not see Water or wheat or axe-mark on the tree and not remember them."

Pulitzer Prize Winner

Copyright:
1943

Book Details

Book Quality:
Good
Book Size:
189 Pages
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Westerns, Poetry, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Carrie Karnos
Proofread By:
Lena
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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