A Prairie Sunset

Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn,

The earth's whole amplitude and Nature's multiform power con-sign'dconsign'd for once to colors;

The light, the general air possess'd by them—colors till now un-knownunknown,

No limit, confine—not the Western sky alone—the high meri-dianmeridian—North, South, all,

Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last.