Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Americas: Vol. XXX. 1876–79. | | | | West Indies: Cuba, the Island | | Cuba | | Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
| | | WHAT sounds arouse me from my slumbers light? | |
| “Land ho! all hands, ahoy!”—I ’m on the deck: | |
| ’T is early dawn: the day-star yet is bright; | |
| A few white vapory bars the zenith fleck; | |
| And lo! along the horizon, bold and high, | 5 |
| The purple hills of Cuba! Hail, all hail! | |
| Isle of undying verdure, with thy sky | |
| Of purest azure! Welcome, odorous gale! | |
| O scene of life and joy! thou art arrayed | |
| In hues of unimagined loveliness. | 10 |
| Sing louder, brave old mariner! and aid | |
| My swelling heart its rapture to express; | |
| For, from enchanted memory, nevermore | |
| Shall fade this dawn sublime, this fair, resplendent shore. | | | | |
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