. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . And red horizon spread out oer That emblem of eternity, —I read thy brightness, God of love, And in this matchless temple raiseAnew my feeble thought above, In silent evening prayer and praise: Thy mercies to my soul extend. Whose strength is nought without thy power;Loved ones and dear from ill defend, And draw to thee, at this blest friend and foe thy peace be given ; The weak make strong, the simple wise,Be to tljc poorest wealth of heaven. To lameness strength, to blindness sheds the sun its rays divine Oer hill and shore and widening sea,So may
. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . And red horizon spread out oer That emblem of eternity, —I read thy brightness, God of love, And in this matchless temple raiseAnew my feeble thought above, In silent evening prayer and praise: Thy mercies to my soul extend. Whose strength is nought without thy power;Loved ones and dear from ill defend, And draw to thee, at this blest friend and foe thy peace be given ; The weak make strong, the simple wise,Be to tljc poorest wealth of heaven. To lameness strength, to blindness sheds the sun its rays divine Oer hill and shore and widening sea,So may thy truth in mercy shine, Wliercver man on earth may flow these everlasting waves. Bearers of life from shore to shore, CAREIAGE-KIDES, LEGENDS AND BALLADS. 69 So may that grace which seeks and saves Flow full and free the wide world oer;Till in this temple, all thine own, No soul shall false or faithless be;But mans heart-worship at thy throne Complete the worlds great harmony ! CARRIAGE RIDES, LEGENDS AND FARM HOUSE. The large division of our Cape east of SquamRiver being an island, the ride round the Cape,as the fifteen mile circuit of the high-road here iscalled, whether by the way of Folly Cove, Lanes-ville, Bay View, and Annisquara, or, in the oppositedhection, by the way of Rockport, Great Hill, andBeaver Dam, commands water-views almost thewhole distance. If the choice be to ride in the lat-ter direction, the water-views are on the left hand,and, till the top of Great Hill is reached are 70 PIGEON COVE AND VICINITY. mainly those which are within sight of every homeat Pigeon Cove. From the top of Great Hill theblue line of Massachusetts Bay is seen stretchingsouthward beyond where the forest-covered ridges,toward Little Good Harbor Beach, seem to meetthe horizon. On the right of this hill-top point ofobservation are the steeps and hollows near, andthe valley and elevations beyond, thickly strewnwith the boulders which occasioned the conversa-tion many
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