And west of the west of the west of the west,
To the shore of Heartache’s Cure,
The opposite of gold,
On and on like Columbus
With faith and eggshell sure.
Part IV. The Voice of the Earthquake
But what is the earthquake’s cry at last
Making St. Francis yet aghast:—
From here on, the audience joins in the refrain:—“gold, gold, gold.”
“Oh the flashing cornucopia of haughty California