Sunset in the desert
Language: English 
Deep rose of sunset on the desert sands,
And all the world of space glows radiant.
The flame has touched the mountains, far away;
Their sternness yields,
Their sadness vanishes;
They are grest amethysts against the dark'ning sky;
And still the living rose flamesclear.

Out of the heart of flame a little wind,
The Wind of Dusk, blows down upon the sands;
In golden whirls of light it troubles them
Until the air is rosy as the sky.
Only the dying sun,
The glowing sands,
Infinite space_and God!

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