Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Americas: Vol. XXX. 1876–79. | | | | West Indies: Matanzas, Cuba | | The Sea-Breeze at Matanzas | | Epes Sargent (1813–1880) |
| | | AFTER a night of languor without rest,— | |
| Striving to sleep, yet wishing morn might come | |
| By the pent, scorching atmosphere oppressed, | |
| Impatient of the vile mosquito’s hum,— | |
| With what reviving freshness from the sea, | 5 |
| Its airy plumage glittering with the spray, | |
| Comes the strong day-breeze, rushing joyously | |
| Into the bright arms of the encircling bay! | |
| It tempers the keen ardor of the sun; | |
| The drooping frame with life renewed it fills; | 10 |
| It lashes the green waters as they run; | |
| It sways the graceful palm-tree on the hills; | |
| It breathes of ocean solitudes, and caves, | |
| Luminous, vast, and cool, far down beneath the waves. | | | | |
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