Leathe Colvert, "Discovery" (1924)
I have found thee in the soft shadows of twilight
When the stars blink sleepily
At the glowing, defiant Sun-King
Who sinks slowly, reluctantly
Behind the craggy hill tops.
I have heard thee in the still
Silence of early morning
When the new day creeps stealthily
Out of oblivion, to gaze on
Black spires, snorting smoke-stacks
Bent and tired workers.
Published in The Crisis, June 1924