Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Spain: Cordova | | The Cathedral | | Magnus Sabiston |
| | | SEVEN hundred years ago, | |
| Moslems bade this structure grow; | |
| The graven walls, the gilded roof, | |
| Of their splendors are a proof; | |
| Arabesque and pictured stone | 5 |
| Speak of Moslem art alone; | |
| These mosaics, finely wrought, | |
| Were designed by Moslem thought; | |
| Here a thousand columns stand, | |
| Moslems brought from many a land,— | 10 |
| Of marble and jasper and porphyry, | |
| Precious all and fair to see; | |
| The very lamps that round thee shine | |
| Were bells at St. Iago’s shrine, | |
| Which the glorious Almansor | 15 |
| Spoiled five hundred years before. | | | | |
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