And Silence I Was Born

Robert E. Howard (January 22, 1906–June 11, 1936)By rose and verdant valleyAnd silence I was born;My brothers were the mountains,The purple gods of morn.
My sisters were the whirlwindsThat broke the dreaming plains-The earth is in my sinews,The stars are in my veins!
For first upon the moltenWhite silver sands I lay,And saw the ocean beckonWith eyes of burning spray.
And up along the mountain,And down along the lea,I heard my brothers singing,The river and the tree.
And through the ocean’s thunder,And through the forest’s hush,I heard my sisters calling,The sea-wind and the thrush.
And still all living voicesLeap forth amain and far,The sunset and the shadow,The eagle and the star.
From caverns of the oceanTo highest mountain tree,I hear all voices singingTheir kinship unto me.