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Subject: SERRA, JUNIPERO (1713-1784)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BY THE CROSS OF MONTEREY, by RICHARD EDWARD WHITE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Good junipero, the padre
Last Line: With the waters of thy bay!
Variant Title(s): Discovery Of San Francisco Bay;waiting For The Galleon
Subject(s): San Francisco Bay, California; Serra, Junipero (1713-1784); West (u.s.) - Exploration


FRAY JUNIPERO, by JOHN STEVEN MCGROARTY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A fallen roof beside a tawny trail
Last Line: At peace among the ancient tribes he sleeps.
Subject(s): Serra, Junipero (1713-1784)


FRAY SERRA, by LILIAN WHITE SPENCER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Heavy with years and far, he heard the call
Last Line: But he rests in his mission of carmel.
Subject(s): Serra, Junipero (1713-1784)


THE LAST SERMON OF FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: O, brothers grieve not that the old gives place to new
Last Line: As at the transfiguration heavenly forms were lost from sight.
Subject(s): Missions & Missionaries; Serra, Junipero (1713-1784)