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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Hopi Song of the Desert

William H. Simpson

YOU are so beautiful!—

Like the face of Ta-wa-wis-ni-mi.

I cannot speak the words

To tell of your too-much beauty—

You, the desert;

You, the going down of the sun;

You, my beloved.

If I could hold you,

If I could touch you!—

But you flee from me,

As runs the deer.

You are so beautiful!

If only my song

Could tell of your beauty!