The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . Columbia River and Mt. Hood, seen from White Salmon, Washington. Beloved mountain, 1Thy worshiper, as thou the suns, each morn My dawn, before the dawn, receive from thee;And think, as thy rose-tinted peak I see. That thou wert great when Homer was not ere thou change all human song shall die.—Helen Hum Jackson. North side of Mount Hood, from ridge several miles west of Cloud Cap Inn. View shows gorges cut by theglacier-fed streams. Cooper Spur is on left sky line. Barrel Spur is the great ridge on right, wit
The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . Columbia River and Mt. Hood, seen from White Salmon, Washington. Beloved mountain, 1Thy worshiper, as thou the suns, each morn My dawn, before the dawn, receive from thee;And think, as thy rose-tinted peak I see. That thou wert great when Homer was not ere thou change all human song shall die.—Helen Hum Jackson. North side of Mount Hood, from ridge several miles west of Cloud Cap Inn. View shows gorges cut by theglacier-fed streams. Cooper Spur is on left sky line. Barrel Spur is the great ridge on right, withLadd glacier canyon beyond. Coe glacier is in center. II. THE MOUNTAINS. Silent and calm, have you eer scaled the heightOf some lone mountain peak, in heavens sight? —Victor Hugo. There stood Mount Hood in all the glory of the alpen glow, looming immensely high,beaming with intelligence. It seemed neither near nor far. * * * The whole mountainappeared as one glorious manifestation of divine power, enthusiastic and benevolent, glowinglike a countenance with ineffable repose and beauty, before which we could only gaze withdevout and lowly admiration.—John Muir. F ROM the heights which back the city of Portland on the west, one mayhave a view that is justly famous among the fairest prospects in him lies the restless city, busy withits commerce. Windingup from the south com
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