Present Jordan’s Poem

PRESENT JORDAN’S POEM
Dr David Starr Jordan
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“A Castle in Spain,” in a recent issue of the New York Independent:
I know a castle in the heart of Spain,
Builded of stone, as if to stand for aye,
With tile roof red against the azure sky-
For skies are bluest in the Heart of Spain
So fair a castle men build not again
‘Neath its broad arches, in its courtyard fair,
And through its cloisters-open everywhere-
I wander as I will, in sun or rain
Its inmost secrets unto me are known,
For mine the castle is Nor mine alone;
‘Tis thine, dear heart, to have and hold alway
‘Tis all the world’s, likewise, as mine and thine;
For whoso passes through its gates shall say,
“I dwelt within this castle; it is mine!”