I walked in a desert. And I cried, "Ah, God, take me from this place!" A voice said, "It is no desert." I cried, "Well, But -- The sand, the heat, the vacant horizon." A voice said, "It is no desert." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRAYER FOR COURAGE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER BEFORE THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH WITHOUT CEREMONY by THOMAS HARDY DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT: NASCENT by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE SONNET: 2 by RICHARD BARNFIELD TO MARIE by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) ASPIRATIONS: 3 by MATHILDE BLIND |