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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SANTA BARBARA, by FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE Poet's Biography
First Line: Between the mountains and the sea
Last Line: And summer rules the radiant year.
Subject(s): Santa Barbara, California
First Line: Between the mountains and the sea
Last Line: And summer rules the radiant year.
Subject(s): Santa Barbara, California
BETWEEN the mountains and the sea,
Walled by the rock, fringed by the foam,
A valley stretches fair and free
Beneath the blue of heaven's dome.
At rest in that fair valley lies
Saint Barbara, the beauteous maid;
Above her head the cloudless skies
Smile down upon her charms displayed.
The sunlit mountains o'er her shed
The splendor of their purple tinge;
While round her like a mantle spread
The blue seas with their silver fringe.
Enfolded in that soothing calm,
The earth seems sweet, and heaven near;
The flowers bloom free, the air is balm,
And summer rules the radiant year.
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