. Williamstown, the "Berkshire hills" and thereabout .. . Rev. Washington Glad-den, an Alumnus and Trustee of Williams College,saw them from another point of view as he drove fromNorth Adams, but they were the same noble heights. * We cross the fiver by the covered bridge beyondBlackinton, Mr. Gladden says in his charming littlebook, From the Hub to the Hudson, and soon afterascend an eminence in the road * * from which thewhole valley opens magnificently. In the west, and 17running far to the north are the Taconic Hills, withtheir swelling slopes and their wavy outlines ; betweenthem and the
. Williamstown, the "Berkshire hills" and thereabout .. . Rev. Washington Glad-den, an Alumnus and Trustee of Williams College,saw them from another point of view as he drove fromNorth Adams, but they were the same noble heights. * We cross the fiver by the covered bridge beyondBlackinton, Mr. Gladden says in his charming littlebook, From the Hub to the Hudson, and soon afterascend an eminence in the road * * from which thewhole valley opens magnificently. In the west, and 17running far to the north are the Taconic Hills, withtheir swelling slopes and their wavy outlines ; betweenthem and the hill on our right, which is a continua-tion of Mt. Adams, and is known on this side indiffer-ently as Oak Hill and East Mountain, the green valleyof the Hoosac narrows to a gorge in the northwest ; inthe northern horizon the Dome, a noble and sym-metrical peak, is built up into the skj^; on the souththe wooded ridge of Prospect stretches away towardthe Hopper, the opening of which is scarcely visible :in the east, beyond the narrow opening between THE CHAPEL—WILLIAMS COLLEGE. Adams and the southern group, the massive battle-ments of the Hoosac Mountain close the scene. With-in this circle of hills a most charming valley is the beautiful variety of surface ; the naturalgrouping of the trees upon the slopes ; the picturesqueand park-like appearance of the whole landscape ! Mr. Gladden writes poetry in verse as well as inprose. The Mountains, of which he is the author,is a favorite song of the College boys. The grandscenery of the Berkshire Hills and student life at * OldWilliams are linked in the memory of every graduateof the College, and the poet does not separate them inthese melodious stanzas : O, proudly rise the monarchs of our mountain land, With their kingly forest robes, to the sky,Where Alma Mater dwelleth with her chosen band, Where the peaceful river floweth gently by. The snows of winter crown them with a crystal crown,And the fleecy clouds of
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