Mission San Diego De Alcala

Here begins a series of Burns stanzas commemorating the Catholic Missions found in Old California along "El Camino Real", The King's Highway. The rhyme scheme is aaabab and the meter is trochee. Lines "a" are tetrameter lines and lines "b" are dimeter lines. California's oldest mission. Shrine provides appreciation, viewing proselytization. Converts, business, making tribes of Christian passion. Seeds brought, priests bless.