Deserted
Deserted are the canyons,
And the mesas wide and bare,
The rivers run in silence,
Through the lands that none may share.
The peaks are wrapped in shadows,
And the winds that sweep the plain,
Bring no whisper of a footstep,
Nor the echo of a name.
About the Author
John Charles Van Dyke (1856–1932) was an American art historian and critic who also wrote poetically about the desert landscapes of the American Southwest.