| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | California Skies | | By Clarence Urmy |
| | | CALIFORNIA skies! | |
| Balm for the eyes! | |
| Where orange trees or redwoods rise; | |
| By Shasta’s snow, Diego’s sand, | |
| Or old Diablo’s dream set land; | 5 |
| By San Francisco Bay so blue, | |
| Or down some cypress avenue | |
| Near Monterey; by lake, Sierra rimmed, | |
| Or yet afar in valleys vineyard trimmed; | |
| On plain where Ceres waves her wand, | 10 |
| Or where Pomona fond | |
| And all her train in foothill orchards drowse | |
| Under low bending boughs— | |
| Look up! | |
| And from the turquoise cup | 15 |
| Drain dreams and rest! | |
| Ah, none so blest | |
| As one who, weary of life’s endless quest | |
| In this fair meadow, poppy pillowed, lies, | |
| Day dreaming ’neath these California skies— | 20 |
| Balm for the eyes! | | | | |
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