Alaskana, or, Alaska in descriptive and legendary poems . ch matchless beauty!Far and wide the glorious coloringsJoin in tints, so soft, so tender,That the far-off sky draws the channels swelling- surfaceFaithfully reflects each soft tint, each glow, each all is lost in glory !Earth, and air, and sky, united—Water, mountain-top and valleyBathed and lost in one grand union,In one gorgeous afterglowing !On we float, our engine throbbingAs if its great heart was awestruckWith the sweet transcendent the days grand dissolution !And we gaze in speech
Alaskana, or, Alaska in descriptive and legendary poems . ch matchless beauty!Far and wide the glorious coloringsJoin in tints, so soft, so tender,That the far-off sky draws the channels swelling- surfaceFaithfully reflects each soft tint, each glow, each all is lost in glory !Earth, and air, and sky, united—Water, mountain-top and valleyBathed and lost in one grand union,In one gorgeous afterglowing !On we float, our engine throbbingAs if its great heart was awestruckWith the sweet transcendent the days grand dissolution !And we gaze in speechless wonder,Every breath in charm the waves and ether pulsateWith the myriad golden tintings—With the million roseate shadings 360 ALASKANA. Blending in such matchless splendor,In such pure, translucent beauty,That it seems the gates have openedAnd the world beyond the shadowsHas drawn near and shed its gloryOver all! while nature, in reverent awe, receivingFrom that glorious land a blessing,—From the suna benediction ! I. APPENDIX. 1. To Berings Voyage to Alaska.—On June4th, 1741, Bering and his Lieutenant, Tschericov,sailed from Kamtchatka eastward, determined to provethe truth of the existence of a Western vessels were named respectively St. Peterand St. Paul. In a few days the ships became sep-arated in a storm, and the men never met again. The St. Peter, with Bering on board and in command,was driven to land and out to sea again, helplessly, forseveral weeks, until it was at last anchored on theshore of one of the Commander Islands, where Bering,heart-broken with disappointment and ill-health, diedand was buried. The survivors returned to Kamtchatkain August of the following year, with such proofs ofthe wealth of the new-found country that they stimu-lated others to follow, and thus opened a rich sourceof revenue to Russia. 2. In Sitka.— New Archangel, the name givenby Count Barano\- to the new settlement made in 1804, (3
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