Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALIFORNIA'S HYMN, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL First Line: Before us lie the seas which bring the east unto the west Last Line: As the future goes marching on. Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; California; Patriotism; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Before us lie the seas which bring the east unto the west; The oriental Sphinx has bared the secrets of her breast, And calls on us for answer to her riddles all unguessed Since stars went rolling on. Half-blinded with the gold dust from our smitten mountain coves, For years we wandered dreaming in our fig and orange groves, While the placers of our wheat fields gleamed with golden treasure-troves, And we went gaily on. Garden-valleyed are our hillsidessoftest hand that gloves the steel But the will is rock beneath them for our country's righteous weal; Our heritage of birthright we will guard with deathless zeal, As the peoples go marching on. For our children's souls shall answer with a spark of holy fire When smitten on the anvil of a pure and bold desire, Till the blows become the key-note of the world's advancing choir, As the future goes marching on. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING 87 CASA GRANDE by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL |
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