Here's a longer quote from Joseph Augustine Benton: In Memorial, San Francisco: "Printed for the Trustees of the Pacific Theological Seminary" 1892:

This man, who could inspire us with such glowing
words as—

California! golden-sandaled,
Decked in robes of living green,
Flashing gems are in thy girdle,
On thy brow a snowy sheen.

Bright shine thou in holy beauty,
Hallowed thy great future be!
Prospered in the sphere of duty,
Church, and school, and family.

—though dead, will never cease to speak.