Laguna Beach, California (Sapphics)

lītorī crēdunt decus aureumque

līquidumque undae; reboat serēnus

cautes immōtusque repellit agmen

vīgil aquārum.

Lūna scintillīs - vide! - jam coruscīs

caerulum spargit pelagus, fragōsa

saxa; [convīvarum hilarī taberna est

plēna corōnā.]

To the shores the waves endow

their golden, flowing trust.

The serene cliff re-echoes, and repels

the onward march of waters,

unmoving watch.

The moon - look! - sprinkles the

azure gulf, the rugged cliffs

with glittering pin-pricks

of light. [The bar is packed with

a cheerful throng of merrymakers.]