...palpitating engines snort and steam across the acres." — Mrs. Browning, " Lady Geraldine's Courtship." " These are the gardens of the desert, these The unshorn...which the speech of England has no name, The prairies " Lo, they stretch In airy undulations far away, As if the ocean in his gentlest swell Stood still,...

...have pictured the wide plains that slope toward the setting sun : , .... the gardens of the desert, The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which...the speech of England has no name — The prairies. 105 Above the sunken sun the clouds are fired With a dark splendor ; the enchanted hour Works momentary...

...of Western scenery. Here in stately measure Bryant describes "the Prairies, Gardens of the Desert, the unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, for which the speech of England has no name," and Whitticr follows close in lines majestic and serene. The wonders of the Mammoth Cave inspire the...

...present a scene of unsurpassed loveliness. " These are the Gardens of the Desert, these The unshoru fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name — * • * * Man hath no part In allthis glorious work: The hand that built the firmament hath heaved...

...whole, and Bryant reached heights which he had never before attained: it is beautiful, grand, sublime: "These are the gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn...the speech of England has no name — The Prairies." . . . And a bit of realism, true to Indian character: "Haply some solitary fugitive Lurking in marsh...

...about, — The Gate is barred against the world! Charles Warren ktoddard. Prairies, The. THE PRAIRIES. THESE are the Gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speecli of England has no name, — The Prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells,...

...profusion of its brilliant flora, that inspires the poet. Thus, to quote again from Bryant : — " These are the gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn...the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. . . . Man hath no power in all this glorious work : The hand that built the firmament hath heaved And...

...to breezy hills and valleys, and the undulating sea of the prairies — " the gardens of the desert, The unshorn fields boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name." The perpetual autumn of his writings is peculiar. They lead us to the margin of plains, broader than English...

...to breezy hills and valleys, and the undulating sea of the prairies — " the gardens of the desert, The unshorn fields boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name." The perpetual autumn of his writings is peculiar. They lead us to the margin of plains, broader than English...

...which gracefully bent with every passing breeze, they possessed a charm that can never be forgotten. These are the gardens of the desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, And fresh as the young earth, ere man had sinned— The prairies — I behold them for the first, And...