The Sunset doorway of the Dominion, Vancouver, . I ? ? *. A Banmt /^VER the virgin wild the eagles wing Circled in sunlight flight the hemlocks grey ;Down in the gloom the gaunt wolf stalked his preyDeep in the dusk the panther poised to spring;Sudden a change, the axes flash and ring,Lo— Like a dream the forests fade away,See— Where the city smiles, born grown to-day—what will to-morrow bring O Wonder of the West,—who can foresee What eminence of destiny is thine ?When in the crisis of the years to be The leashed-in nations quiver for a sign,Perhaps, perhaps all eyes may
The Sunset doorway of the Dominion, Vancouver, . I ? ? *. A Banmt /^VER the virgin wild the eagles wing Circled in sunlight flight the hemlocks grey ;Down in the gloom the gaunt wolf stalked his preyDeep in the dusk the panther poised to spring;Sudden a change, the axes flash and ring,Lo— Like a dream the forests fade away,See— Where the city smiles, born grown to-day—what will to-morrow bring O Wonder of the West,—who can foresee What eminence of destiny is thine ?When in the crisis of the years to be The leashed-in nations quiver for a sign,Perhaps, perhaps all eyes may turn to thee, To thee, last outpost of our far-flung line. —Robert Service.
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