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First Line: What shall be said of the sun-born pueblo?
Last Line: The footfalls of nations are heard on her sands.
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): San Diego, California


"O for a beaker of the warm South;
The true, the blushful hypocrine!"

What shall be said of the sun-born Pueblo?
This town sudden born in the path of the sun?
This town of St. James, of the calm San Diego,
As suddenly born as if shot from a gun?

Why, speak of her warmly; why, write her name down
As softer than sunlight, as warmer than wine!
Why, speak of her bravely; this ultimate town
With feet in the foam of the vast Argentine:
The vast argent seas of the Aztec, of Cortez!
The boundless white border of battle-torn lands --
The fall of Napoleon, the rise of red Juarez --
The footfalls of nations are heard on her sands.





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