Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-30
Ddybredk in the Grand Cannon
of Arizona

iiy hfNhN NNN blkE
what makes the lingering sight ~ cling to thceg
Thou vast, profound prm"Nnl hiding place
ce in the sres" OF T ns Ss S"a t"ScT Tc. sna s"
And crowded In the dark with giant forms!
Art thou grave n prison, OF shrnc2
A sullnes, deeper than the dcnrth OF sound
Btoods over thee u living silence hreathes
Perpetual incense from Thy dim abyss
The Morning stars that sung above the bower
OF Eden, passing over thee. dumb
with trembling bright ana4cmcn,. and the Dawn
steals through the simmcrng pines with naked feet,
Her hand upon her lips. to look on thee
She peers into thy depths with silent prayer
. Earth swift rolling Earth. reveal reveal
Turn TO the East and show upon thy breast
tn, The Nigh msh'c,, marvel In the realm o. Time
The resurrection OF the world ot hucs
That die with dark aud daily rt" again
with every rising of the splendid sun
no s,n my heart Noy Nature holds her breath
To see the vital flood OF radiance leap
Across the chasm. and the t,rIhcs, rim
hampar Of pearl; and flowing down the walls
ot changcful opal. deepen into gold
OF topaz, rosy sod OF tourmalinc
Crimson OF garnet green ana gray ~ ads
hetyl and sari, aud royal rorph,N,
tnu the cataract of color breaks
Upon the haCknoSs OF the granite floor.
How Gar below And all between s cren
And carved into hundred curing miles
of unlmagncd architecture Tonhs,
Temple and coionnadcs are nciehoorcd there
nv forrcsscs that Tians might defend
And amphthcatcr where Gods might strive
tathcdras huttressed and unnumh"tcd tiers
A singl" sprr of marble pure AN snow;
And huge aerial palaces arise
l.se mountain. Suil, OF Hncon'um!ns flame
Along the wcathercd walls, or standing far
In riy"n valleys where no foot may tread,
Are lonely pillars, and tail mountains
OF pcrshed aeors and forgotten things
My sight is bafncd by tho close array
bi countless forms my vision reels ana -" lns
Above them, like n bird In whlrllng winds
Net no confusion fills yon awful chnsm;
Are wide ditfused For every shape that looms
Majestic In the throng. is set apart
From All the others b, It's far flung shape
Blue. blue as II mountain lake were there
How s,n It Is: Dear God. hardly dare
To breathe for fear the mthomless abyss N
VIII draw me down into eternal sleep
What hands have wroush, these wonders In the was.'
river, cleaning In tn. narrow rlf' 49,,
Fierce Colorado. prsoned by thy toll
And blindly oiling sli to reach the sea
Thy waters gathered from the SHOWS and springs
Amid tho rth have carved this road
lut now. sunken stream, thy splendcr lost
'Twst iron walls thou ROLES, ,urbid waves.
Too far awny to make their fury heard
Al sight OF thee. thou -ullen laborlng slave
Ot gravitation.--ycllow torrent poured
trom distant mountains by no will OF thinc
talings and liftings ot the crust OF LTth-
Al sight Of thee my spirit snks and fails
Art thou alone the Maker is the blind
And thoughucss power that drew thee dumby down
To cut this cash across the ayercd globe.
Are force and matter al1 The rest dream
Then is thy gorge canyon Of despair.
A prison for the soul OF man grave
Ot all his dearest daring hopes' The world
Wherein We live and move IL meaningless,
No spirit here to ANSWER to our own
The stars without u guide, The chance born Earth
Adrift In space, no captain on the ship
Nothing In all the universe to prove
Eternal wisdom and eternal luVc
Aud the latest accident of Time.
who thinks he loves and longs To understand.
Who vainly suffers. and In vain IL brave.
who dupes his heart with Immortality,
Man ir "A living lic,-a bitter jest
Upon hlmself-a conscious grain OF sand a.
Lost In "a desert OF unconsciourness u
Thirsting for God and mocked by his own thirst
Spirit Of Beau,y mother Of delight
Thou farest offspring OF Omnipotence,
lnhabtlng this lofty lone abode!
Speak 10 heart again and set mo free
From all these doubts that darken earth and heaven
who sent thee forth into the wilderness
To bless and comfort nll who thy facc'
no clad thee In this than 70 robe
Of ralnhows7 who designed these jewclled thrones
For thee, and wrought these gittcrlng palaccs7
who thee power upon the soul OF man
To M him up through wonder into joy7
God let the radiant cliffs bear witnrsHl God
Let all the shining pillars Hignal--God!
lie only. on the mystic Of light,
Hath wovrn webs of lovelincss 90 cothe
His most majestic works, ana lio alone
Hath delcatcy wrought tho cactus flower
10 the desert floor with bloom
q Hcauty. handiwork Of the Most High.
Mhcrc'er thou art lie tells his Love TO
And TO- the day breaks, and the shadows fccl
How fnr beyond all language and all art
thy Wild splcndor, Canyon Marvellous.
Of thy stiffness lies unveiled
In wordlcsa worship This s holy ground -
No grave, prison, but shrine thou art
Gardcn of Temples filled with silent Praise
u God hind thy Hrnuty could not be-
Copyright 1913. by Ilcnty Dyke
tight 1913 by Charles Scribncts Sons All rights