. The Catskill Mountains; . J<^W— Queen of all lovely rivers, lustrous queenOf flowing- waters in our sweet new lands,Rippling through sunlight to the ocean sands,Within a smiling valley, and betweenRomantic shores of silvery summer green;Memorial of wild days and savage bands,Singing the patient deeds of patriotic hands,Crooning the golden glorious years sunsi:t rock and one of the HIGH PEAKS ACROSS THE GORGE. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 31 If being the best part of a mile in the air. and havino- views of farms and houses at vour feet,BEAUTY with rivers looking like ribbons, and mou
. The Catskill Mountains; . J<^W— Queen of all lovely rivers, lustrous queenOf flowing- waters in our sweet new lands,Rippling through sunlight to the ocean sands,Within a smiling valley, and betweenRomantic shores of silvery summer green;Memorial of wild days and savage bands,Singing the patient deeds of patriotic hands,Crooning the golden glorious years sunsi:t rock and one of the HIGH PEAKS ACROSS THE GORGE. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 31 If being the best part of a mile in the air. and havino- views of farms and houses at vour feet,BEAUTY with rivers looking like ribbons, and mountains seeming to be havstacks of green grass under you, gives anysatisfaction to a man. 1 can recommend the spot. When 1 firstcame into the woods to live 1 used to have weak spells, and 1felt lonesome; then 1 would go into the Catskills to spend afew days on that hill to look at the ways of man.* These arethe immortal words of Leatherstocking. that most originalcharacter in fiction so aptlv characterized by Carlyle as theone melodious svnopsis of man and nature. Standing halfway between savage and civilized life, hear him as he continues:The river was in sight for seventv miles under my feet, look-ing like a curled shaving, though it was eight long miles to itsbanks. 1 saw the hills in the Hampshire grants, the Highlandsof the river, and all that God had done,
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