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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VALE, by MARGUERITE WILKINSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Her gaunt sierras edged with fire or snow
Last Line: Of waves upon her coast.
Subject(s): California
First Line: Her gaunt sierras edged with fire or snow
Last Line: Of waves upon her coast.
Subject(s): California
Her gaunt sierras edged with fire or snow,
Cutting the burnished sky, her steep on steep
Of tawny-breasted hills, her golden fields,
I might not hope to keep.
And I may never go again to find
The topaz glory of her mellow days,
The blessed fragrance of her sapphire nights,
And softly sing their praise.
But I shall keep her beauty to the end,
For beauty changes those who love it most,—
And through my heart the echoing rhythms beat
Of waves upon her coast.
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