Balboa in Panama
Alone I reach the summit,—Has the glare
Dazzled my sight, or am I stunned and dazed?
Can yon wide plain be water? God be praised!—
An Ocean! 'tis an Ocean—blue as air!
Flash forth the swords! Let the shrill bugle blare!
Plant here our flag that never shall be razed.
Bring up my men,—the sick—the fever-crazed:
Now Comrades, doff the casque and kneel in prayer.
For, by my faith, our day's work in this zone
Makes us immortal. Fame shall trumpet me
Beyond the meager verges of the Known.
So, from this peak, in proud humility,
This vast wave-turquois—this cerulean sea—
Gem-like, I lay before España's throne.
Dazzled my sight, or am I stunned and dazed?
Can yon wide plain be water? God be praised!—
An Ocean! 'tis an Ocean—blue as air!
Flash forth the swords! Let the shrill bugle blare!
Plant here our flag that never shall be razed.
Bring up my men,—the sick—the fever-crazed:
Now Comrades, doff the casque and kneel in prayer.
For, by my faith, our day's work in this zone
Makes us immortal. Fame shall trumpet me
Beyond the meager verges of the Known.
So, from this peak, in proud humility,
This vast wave-turquois—this cerulean sea—
Gem-like, I lay before España's throne.
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