---
title: 'Psalm of the West'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Sidney Clopton Lanier, Sr.'
date: 1876-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Poetry'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 3'
- 'John 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lanier-1876-psalm-of-the-west
---

# Psalm of the West

An expansive 19th-century poem celebrating the American West—freedom, art, science, and exploration—mixing myth, nature, and historical allusion. It meditates on knowledge, dawn, and destiny.

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