Ella M. Sexton
Published: 2017-10-13
Total Pages: 28
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Excerpt from California at Christmas Tide Ose, at the Monterey Mission unfolding, Rose the good Padres once cherishing trained On these adobe walls gnarled stems upholding Chalices perfumed and sunset-pink stained, Rosa Castilian, sweet rose of the Mission, Secrets, ah, surely, your gold hearts retained As the long century drowsily waned! Rose, did they whisper, those Padres, but aves While gay boleros soft tinkled without Corridors white in the moonlight, and pathways Darkened where twin shadows flitted about? Rosa Castilian, fair rose of the Mission, Never a kiss set your pink lips to pout, Never a Ianguorous lover to flout? Rose, in some odorous twilight fast-flying (waiting the Angelus prayers to repeat) Stooped not a friar, gray-robed, softly sighing Into your warm ear a confidence sweet? Rosa Castilian, dear rose of the Mission, Once you leaned, surely, some ardent heart's beat, Quickened by ancient romances, to greet? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.