| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 845. Santa Barbara |
| | | By Francis Fisher Browne |
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| BETWEEN the mountains and the sea, | |
| Walled by the rock, fringed by the foam, | |
| A valley stretches fair and free | |
| Beneath the blue of heaven’s dome. | |
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| At rest in that fair valley lies | 5 |
| Saint Barbara, the beauteous maid; | |
| Above her head the cloudless skies | |
| Smile down upon her charms displayed. | |
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| The sunlit mountains o’er her shed | |
| The splendor of their purple tinge; | 10 |
| While round her like a mantle spread | |
| The blue seas with their silver fringe. | |
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| Enfolded in that soothing calm, | |
| The earth seems sweet, and heaver near; | |
| The flowers bloom free, the air is balm, | 15 |
| And summer rules the radiant year. | |
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