Mary Carolyn Davies. The Last of the Cowboys. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Last of the Cowboys

By Mary Carolyn Davies


THEY have gone down like the sunset, who like the sun
Were mighty and high and scornful; their hour is done.
Slowly into the night they ride, each one.

They have gone down like the sunset, sharp on the hill.
A moment against the sky they stood, until	5
The dark came down and they met it, stoic and still.