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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNSET AT CORONADO, by ETHELEAN TYSON GAW
First Line: A trireme of el dorado is plunging down the blue
Last Line: The transmuted glory-fires of california gold.
Subject(s): California; Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: A trireme of el dorado is plunging down the blue
Last Line: The transmuted glory-fires of california gold.
Subject(s): California; Evening; Sunset; Twilight
A trireme of El Dorado is plunging down the blue—
Misty oars of silver flame, hull of burnished gold,
Shrouds of lordlier purple than Tyrian ever knew,
Over spars of amethyst rainbow clouds uprolled—
A trireme of El Dorado through seas of faery light
To the clash of magic cymbals is plunging toward the night.
Her burnished hold bears treasure freight down the shining blue,
Stout Balboa's dauntless Hope, Cabrillo's golden Dream,
Holy Serra's flaming Faith conquering anew,
Questing feet of Argonauts following the Gleam—
High Adventure's treasure-trove crowded in her hold,
The transmuted glory-fires of California gold.
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