| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Prayer to the Mountain Spirit | | By Mary Austin |
| | From the Navajo
LORD of the Mountain, | |
| Reared within the Mountain, | |
| Young Man, Chieftain, | |
| Hear a young man’s prayer! | |
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| Hear a prayer for cleanness. | 5 |
| Keeper of the strong rain | |
| Drumming on the mountain, | |
| Lord of the small rain | |
| That restores the earth in newness, | |
| Keeper of the clean rain, | 10 |
| Hear a prayer for wholeness. | |
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| Young Man, Chieftain, | |
| Hear a prayer for fleetness. | |
| Keeper of the deer’s way, | |
| Reared among the eagles, | 15 |
| Clear my feet of slothness. | |
| Keeper of the paths of men, | |
| Hear a prayer for straightness. | |
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| Hear a prayer for braveness. | |
| Lord of the thin peaks, | 20 |
| Reared amid the thunders, | |
| Keeper of the headlands | |
| That uphold the earth in harvest, | |
| Keeper of the strong rocks | |
| Hear a prayer for staunchness. | 25 |
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| Young Man, Chieftain, | |
| Spirit of the Mountain! | | | | |
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