Laguna Beach, California (Sapphics)

Rough Draft

lītorī crēdunt decus aureumque

līquidumque undae; reboat (u _ _)

cautes immōtusque repellit agmen

vīgil aquārum.

Lūna scintillīs nitidīs corusca

caerulum spargit pelagus, fragōsa

saxa; corda et Pacificī serēnant

anxia ventī.

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...