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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM THE CABRILLO AT SANTA BARBARA, by EMILY WILSON SANDER
First Line: One by one the white cohorts advance
Last Line: In the sun, with garlands in her hair.
Subject(s): Mountains; Seashore; Waves; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Beach; Coast; Shore
First Line: One by one the white cohorts advance
Last Line: In the sun, with garlands in her hair.
Subject(s): Mountains; Seashore; Waves; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Beach; Coast; Shore
THE BREAKERS
One by one the white cohorts advance;
Restive before the ocean's cool command;
Checked at last they take their ordered stand;
Magnificent as far as eye can reach:
The white battalions that parade the beach.
THE BEACH
The beach is like a glorious girl today;
Exotic beauty of a foreign race;
Sensuous eyed and conscious of her grace;
Undulating—every movement flashes
Rainbow color of her shawl and sashes.
THE MOUNTAINS
Like sentinels, dark cloaked duennas stand,
Veiling their pride behind a mist of tears.
Purple-shadowed heartbreak and white-locked years
Stand them apart from her who dances there,
In the sun, with garlands in her hair.
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