St. Augustine Lighthouse


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St. Augustine Lighthouse - St. Augustine - Florida - USA
To get to the lighthouse from St. Augutine, cross The bridge of Lions and follow U.S.A1A south one mile. October 1, 2004 October 1, 2004
October 1, 2004 October 1, 2004

Location: 
Anastasia island, St. Augustine, Florida
USA

Year built:
First Lighthouse 1824
Present Lighthouse 1874

Heigth:
First Lighthouse
73 Feet
Present Lighthouse
165 Feet

Coordinates:
29°53'13''N
81°17'31''W


  The Spanish light-house stands in haze:
       The keeper trims his light;
  No sail he sees through the long, long days,
       No sail through the still, still night.

  But ships that pass far out to sea,
       Along the warm Gulf Stream,
  From Cuba and the tropic Carribee,
       Keep watch for his distant gleam
 
       Alone, alone we wander on,
            In the southern winter day.
       Through the dreamy veil the fog has spun
            The world seems far away;

       The tide comes in-the birds fly low,
            As if to catch our speach.
       Ah, Destiny! Why must we ever go
            Away from the Florida Beach ?		  

  
   Constance Fenimore Woolson                                     
   (1840 - 1894)                                     
   A stanza about a lighthouse resembling                                     
   the one on Anastasia Island.                                     
   From the poem "The Florida Beach"