Between the GatesS. C. Griggs, 1878 - 292 pages |
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... Through the Valley 214 The Grand Register 217 El Capitan 221 The Bridal Veil 222 Mirror Lake 224 Up a Trail 227 Yo Semite Fall and Sun Time 232 Breaking up Camp 236 CHAPTER XVII . WHALES , LIONS AND WAR DOGS 240 CONTENTS . 7.
... Through the Valley 214 The Grand Register 217 El Capitan 221 The Bridal Veil 222 Mirror Lake 224 Up a Trail 227 Yo Semite Fall and Sun Time 232 Breaking up Camp 236 CHAPTER XVII . WHALES , LIONS AND WAR DOGS 240 CONTENTS . 7.
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... grand forms ' Magnificent lift In their sandals of daisies And turbans of drift . Ah ! to see the dull globe brought sublime to its feet , Where in mantles of blue the two monarchies meet , The azure of grace bending low in its place ...
... grand forms ' Magnificent lift In their sandals of daisies And turbans of drift . Ah ! to see the dull globe brought sublime to its feet , Where in mantles of blue the two monarchies meet , The azure of grace bending low in its place ...
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... Grand Pacific , good morn ' VIII . Now the world slopes away to the afternoon sun Steady one ! Steady all ! The down grade has begun . Let the engines take breath , they have nothing to do , For the law that swings worlds will whirl the ...
... Grand Pacific , good morn ' VIII . Now the world slopes away to the afternoon sun Steady one ! Steady all ! The down grade has begun . Let the engines take breath , they have nothing to do , For the law that swings worlds will whirl the ...
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... grand as old Bunyan's , And opals of fountains , And garnets of landscapes , And sapphires of skies , Where through agates of clouds Shine the diamond eyes . IX . We die out of Winter in the flash of an eye , Into Eden of earth , into ...
... grand as old Bunyan's , And opals of fountains , And garnets of landscapes , And sapphires of skies , Where through agates of clouds Shine the diamond eyes . IX . We die out of Winter in the flash of an eye , Into Eden of earth , into ...
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... grand will can await . Where now are the dunes , The tawny half - moons Of the sands ever drifting , Of the sands ever sifting , By the shore and the sweep Of the sea in its sleep ? Where now are the tents , With their stains and their ...
... grand will can await . Where now are the dunes , The tawny half - moons Of the sands ever drifting , Of the sands ever sifting , By the shore and the sweep Of the sea in its sleep ? Where now are the tents , With their stains and their ...
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ALEXANDER WINCHELL Angeles beauty bees blossom blue boys California cañon Cape Horn climb cloth Cloud's Rest clouds Coast color crags desert dollars door earth edge El Capitan engine Euroclydon eyes fancy fellow fire flowers garden Geyser giants glory gold Golden Gate grand gray green grow halted hand head heights horses hundred feet JONAS LIE land leave lift light live look miles morning mountain mouth never night Overland Train Pacific pair papoose Pico House plain planchets rain ride river rock rolling round Russian River San Francisco Semite sequoia shadow side sight silver sort square miles stand stone sweep swing things thousand feet touch trail train tree tumbled turned Valley Vernal Fall vine wagon wall watch Weber River wheels wild wilderness wind wing winter wonder
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Page 59 - Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific— and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise— Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Page 45 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story ; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 46 - O love, they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river : Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow forever and forever.
Page 290 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The first four acts already past, The fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.