Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Americas: Vol. XXX. 1876–79. | | | | Mexico: Mexico, the City | | Mexico | | Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | (From Madoc)
THOU art beautiful, | |
| Queen of the Valley! thou art beautiful! | |
| Thy walls, like silver, sparkle to the sun; | |
| Melodious wave thy groves, thy garden-sweets | |
| Enrich the pleasant air, upon the lake | 5 |
| Lie the long shadows of thy towers, and high | |
| In heaven thy temple-pyramids arise, | |
| Upon whose summit now, far visible | |
| Against the clear blue sky, the Cross of Christ | |
| Proclaims unto the nations round the news | 10 |
| Of thy redemption. Thou art beautiful, | |
| Aztlan! O City of the Cymbric Prince! | |
| Long mayest thou flourish in thy beauty, long | |
| Prosper beneath the righteous conqueror, | |
| Who conquers to redeem! Long years of peace | 15 |
| And happiness await thy Lord and thee, | |
| Queen of the Valley! | | | | |
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