Heavy with years and far, he heard the call Of dusky need and from his cloister came, Shod with fresh youth and in his heart a flame That leaped across the infinite sea wall To light new altars with old fire. All The sweet ways he has hallowed wear his name Like a white rose, and on his memory Fame Lovingly casts her great resplendent pall. Adobe cenotaphs to Monterey Are stations of his pilgrimage that tell How holy feet trudged on the king's highway. The flowers still seek his trail, and ocean's swell Runs up the beach to cool his step with spray... But he rests in his mission of Carmel. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: GEORGE GRAY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FINALITY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE SEASONS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON YOUNG LINCOLN by EDWIN MARKHAM HER EYES by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON AFTER DIVORCE; FOR NAHID SARMAD by KAREN SWENSON A WINTER BLUEJAY by SARA TEASDALE |