Alaskana, or, Alaska in descriptive and legendary poems . sweet south-wind could neverKiss away the hoary shadows—Melt away the pale, gray year-marksThat around his head have gatheredLike a halo of the ages,—Like a silver, shining halo,—Telling of the passing ages! (279) 28o ALASKANA. Time was young and earth was lovely ;Bearincr on her swellino- bosom,Holdinor in her teemincr lowlandsAll that man miorht need or lono- for,All that heart of man could wish peaks in snow-capped grandeurLoomed above the smiling well the smiling meadows,Threw their shadows on the waters,In
Alaskana, or, Alaska in descriptive and legendary poems . sweet south-wind could neverKiss away the hoary shadows—Melt away the pale, gray year-marksThat around his head have gatheredLike a halo of the ages,—Like a silver, shining halo,—Telling of the passing ages! (279) 28o ALASKANA. Time was young and earth was lovely ;Bearincr on her swellino- bosom,Holdinor in her teemincr lowlandsAll that man miorht need or lono- for,All that heart of man could wish peaks in snow-capped grandeurLoomed above the smiling well the smiling meadows,Threw their shadows on the waters,In the rippling, sparkling rivers,Till the fishes, darting upward,Seemed to feel that night had fallen :And the silent Siwash, watchinorSwiftly caught the shining greylingsAs they turned in frightened wonder—Turned and plunged in trembling terrorWhen they found the sun still shiningHere and there in golden patches—Changing into gold and jewelsHere and there the dancincr was young and earth was gladsomeWith her crown of noble Walk near Indian River. MOUNT EDGECUMBE. 28 I With the dark and waving banners Of her wind-defying pine-trees, With her soft-plumed, bending spruces And the sombre, songless branches Of the stately, perfumed cedars Markinof with their darker verdure Brighter emerald on the hill-tops, Richer tints of verdant beauty In the fair and peaceful valleys! Over all were peace and plenty Springing from the earths fair store-house, Bounding from the crystal bosom Of the sea and lakes and rivers. Of the broad, life-teeming roadways That between the isles and mainland Ever restlessly rushed onward. But a cloud arose one morning, Dark and fierce it rose, and darker. Shading all the smiling valleys With its wild and angry frowning ; Binding with a band of blackness Mountain-top and sea-crag summit. 282 ALASKANA. Bending low above the waters,Churning into foam their billows,Lashing into wildest furyMountain winds and ocean voices !Till the fri
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