Lux ecce surgit aurea (Behold the light of gold rises)
– Excerpt from a hymn by Prudentius (348-413)

At last the mighty task is done;
Resplendent in the western sun
The Bridge looms mountain high;
Its titan piers grip ocean floor,
Its great steel arms link shore with shore,
Its towers pierce the sky.

– Excerpt from “The Mighty Task is Done”
by Joseph Baermann Strauss (1870-1938)

Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold,
Molten, graven, hammer'd, and roll'd;
Heavy to get, and light to hold;
Hoarded, barter'd, bought and sold,
Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled:
Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old
To the very verge of the churchyard mould;
Price of many a crime untold;
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!

– Excerpt from “Gold! ”
by Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

Vast shafts of steel, wave-battered pier,
And all the splendor meant to be;
Wind-swept and free, these, year on year,
Shall chant my hymn of Victory!

– Excerpt from “The Golden Gate Bridge”
by Joseph Baermann Strauss (1870-1938)

Lux ecce surgit aurea (Behold the light of gold rises)

Text by Prudentius, Thomas Hood, and Joseph Baermann Strauss