Yosemite, Yosemite, I bare my head to thee, Land wonderful, land wonderful, An awesome sight to see; Thy rocks, and streams, and waterfalls, Why seek we overseas, Land of the towering cliffs, I bow Before thy mammoth trees. Yosemite, Yosemite, I bow both head and knee, And kneel on thy Cathedral floor, An ardent devotee; Land beautiful, land beautiful, I shall return to thee When Summer melts thine ice and snows— Then thou wilt welcome me. Yosemite, Yosemite, Thou art in memory, Land fanciful, land fanciful, Where images I see; Engraven on thy lofty cliffs In Nature's gallery, Thy grandeur and thy loveliness In dreams return to me. Yosemite, Yosemite, Thy waters reach the seas, Thy waterfalls in silence fell For many centuries; Land bountiful, land bountiful, My soul responds to thee, In song alone can I return What thou hast given me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITTLE GIRL'S PRAYER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD RICH DAYS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES SONNET: 10. TO THE LADY MARGARET LEY by JOHN MILTON OVERTONES by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1878 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI DEJECTION by GRACE E. ALBRIGHT LATIMER AND RIDLEY, BURNED AT THE STAKE IN OXFORD, 1555 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |