Listin Diario (Santo Domingo), November 6, 1912.
City full of sun - robust and healthy
that the devilry of Margaret inhales1
and Francis of Assisi calls brother
Madonna of the palm grove, rich and proud
of the mysterious song of its lyres;
that you contemplate the deep and arcane sea
that you know its rapture and its anger
and in its giant anger you are inspired
Daughter city of the Sun and Progress;
whose children, pride of your shield,
leave your motto in your printed blood
City, like your daughters, exquisite
and gentle--City: I greet you
And my verses go; a rose tributary
1 I believe this is a weird reference to Goethe's Faust.↩
