Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIVXV. 187679. | | Spain: Escurial (Escorial), the | The Escorial | Luis de Góngora (15611627) |
| Translated by Edward Churton THIS gorgeous sacred dome,no pile profane, | |
Whose glories leave the clouds of morn outdone, | |
Flouting the sun-rays, where in dazzling stone | |
The columns rise like giants from the plain, | |
Provokes no wrath from heaven, no jealous pain | 5 |
In days bright lord. The splendor but makes known | |
A temple reared to Spains great martyred son | |
By the great king of ever-faithful Spain. | |
A great religion works this marvel rare, | |
Meet for the monarch, whose unquestioned sway | 10 |
The new-found West and Eastern Indians own: | |
Stern Fate, be gentle: Time, the beauty spare | |
Of this eighth wonder; spare for many a day | |
In peaceful age our second Solomon. | | | |
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