Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, by ALICE CECILIA COOPER



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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, by                    
First Line: Through broken arches moonbeams softly shine
Last Line: Awake in us dear memories of god's peace.
Subject(s): Catholics; San Juan Capistrano, California; Roman Catholics; Catholicism


Through broken arches moonbeams softly shine.
Long trellised rose-sprays, trained by padres' hands,
Entwine with slender olive leaves in bands
Of wind-stirred tracery. Gray walls combine
With red-tiled roof to guard this lonely shrine,
Upraised by saintly souls at Love's commands.
Despite Time's ravages, this altar stands
In beauty breathless as the night divine.

Oh, shadow-haunted cloister where brown bird
Oft joined the brown Franciscan choir in praise,
Your sanctity the fleeting years increase.
Nought but the leaves down-fluttering now is heard,
Yet your loved bells, in these our earth-bound days,
Awake in us dear memories of God's peace.





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