"Desert rose" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the Desert rose, Khamsin, in a shroud of sand, And swept the Libyan waste, across To far Somali-land. His voice was thick with the drouth of death And smote the earth as a burning breath, Or as a curse which Allah ...
— Many Gods • Cale Young Rice
... large, and portions near the line With rocky soil and stunted spruce and pine, With scarce a wigwam or a ranger's hearth, We left untilled, and deemed of little worth; The petals of this desert rose unfold, When man discovers mines of ...
— Gleams of Sunshine - Optimistic Poems • Joseph Horatio Chant |
