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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...will, and build heroic minds. For thou, O Spring canst renovate All that high God did first create. Be still his arm and architect, Rebuild the ruin, mend defect, Chemist to vamp old worlds with new, Coat sea and sky with heavenlier blue, New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds, Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain, Cleanse the torrent at the fountain, Purge alpine air by towns defiled, Bring to fair mother fairer child, Not less renew the heart and brain, Scatter the sloth, wash out the stain, Make the aged eye sun-clear, To parting soul bring grandeur near. Under gentle types, my Spring Masks the might of Nature's king, An energy that searches thorough From Chaos to the dawning morrow; Into all our human plight, The soul's pilgrimage and flight; In city or in solitude, Step by step, lifts bad to good, Without halting, without rest, Lifting Better up to Best; Planting seeds of knowledge pure, Through earth to ripen, through heaven endure. THE ADIRONDACK A JOURNAL. DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-TRAVELLERS L AUGUST, 1858. Wise and polite, --and if I drew Their several portraits, you would own Chaucer had no such worthy crew, Nor Boccace in Decameron. We crossed Champlain to Keeseville with our friends, Thence, in strong country carts, rode up the forks Of the Ausahle stream, intent to reach The Adirondac lakes. At Martin's Beach We chose our boats; each man a boat and guide, --Ten men, ten guides, our company all told. Next morn, we swept with oars the Saranac, With skies of benediction, to Round Lake, Where all the sacred mountains drew around us, Tahawus, Seaward, Maelntyre, Baldhead, And other Titans without muse or name. Pleased with these grand companions, we glide on, Instead of flowers, crowned with a wreath of...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458843364 |
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| ISBN-10 | 145884336X |
| Weight | 0.89 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 270 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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