A Prairie Sunset

  Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn,
  The earths whole amplitude and Natures multiform power consignd
      for once to colors;
  The light, the general air possessd by them--colors till now unknown,
  No limit, confine--not the Western sky alone--the high meridian--
      North, South, all,
  Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last.