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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Francis FisherBrowne

845 Santa Barbara

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.

At rest in that fair valley lies

Saint Barbara, the beauteous maid;

Above her head the cloudless skies

Smile down upon her charms displayed.

The sunlit mountains o’er her shed

The splendor of their purple tinge;

While round her like a mantle spread

The blue seas with their silver fringe.

Enfolded in that soothing calm,

The earth seems sweet, and heaver near;

The flowers bloom free, the air is balm,

And summer rules the radiant year.