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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO CALIFORNIA, by O. E. ENFIELD
First Line: Two thousand miles we went, through farming land
Last Line: You're wonderful and gracious as a host.
Subject(s): California
First Line: Two thousand miles we went, through farming land
Last Line: You're wonderful and gracious as a host.
Subject(s): California
Two thousand miles we went, through farming land,
Or desert waste with cactus thorn we passed
On auto wheels as chargers racing fast.
Two thousand miles of field and grass and sand
Inspired our souls at sights on every hand.
We skimmed the plain, we braved the mountain blast
We reached the Valley. See! At last, at last
In California, oh joy, we stand!
We saw the streams, the flow'rs in magic clime,
Saw citrus fruit the Padres brought from Spain.
It was our holiday, vacation time --
We sped, we spent and yet we count it gain --
Pacific State, you make no idle boast,
You're wonderful and gracious as a host.
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