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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESOLATION, by HELEN MARGUERITE PERRI
First Line: Bleak, barren waste of desert land
Last Line: Trod on—benumbed—alone.
Subject(s): Desolation; Silence; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: Bleak, barren waste of desert land
Last Line: Trod on—benumbed—alone.
Subject(s): Desolation; Silence; Solitude; Loneliness
Bleak, barren waste of desert land,
Of rolling, camel-footed sand,
A burning sun whose sickening yellow
Gives out an amber hue all sallow.
Where nothingness to warp the mind
Leaves most of life long miles behind.
Relentless sun, proud star, ride high,
Ne'er wonder who I am nor why.
To this oblivion seems no end,
Unless where skies on sand descend,
And I, eyes fixed where sand meets sky,
Mute, helpless, pondering, "Live or die?"
Soul-racked, storm-tossed—destiny unknown,
Trod on—benumbed—alone.
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