. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . nd on the sea-girt rock which iswashed by the surges for ever, waiting for themystical fish of the seas to come and devour her;Simeon Stylites standing on his pillar, a signbetwixt the meadow and the cloud, that he mighthave the meed of the saints white robe and thepalm, — might, to be sure, beseech the cold, surg-ing waves to cover them, and end their horror andtheir agony. But all this bounding, beating life ofours cries out against being thus swallowed upby the waters. It was a most distressful cry, thatof David: All thy waves and thy billows aregone over me ! B
. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . nd on the sea-girt rock which iswashed by the surges for ever, waiting for themystical fish of the seas to come and devour her;Simeon Stylites standing on his pillar, a signbetwixt the meadow and the cloud, that he mighthave the meed of the saints white robe and thepalm, — might, to be sure, beseech the cold, surg-ing waves to cover them, and end their horror andtheir agony. But all this bounding, beating life ofours cries out against being thus swallowed upby the waters. It was a most distressful cry, thatof David: All thy waves and thy billows aregone over me ! But here the water is pleasant and agreeable :we stretch out our arms and embrace it; we catchthe crystal drops as they come showering down,and we have breath enough to say with Byron, * And I do love thee, Ocean ! But even bathing must have an end, and at lastwe come forth from the surf, dripping and verywet; and this business — pleasure — of the day isover. 140 PIGEON COVE ASSB VICINITY. TREES AND FLOWERS OF CAPE THE NEW PIGEON COVE HOUSE. The trees and flowers of our Cape attract theespecial notice of visitors. Coming to a regionof ledges and boulders swept by ocean windsfrom almost every quarter, expecting to roamover a gray waste and to survey from every pointof view only barrenness hemmed in by the bluesea, they marvel on beholding extensive tracts ofwoodland, making so ];cautiful a contrast bothwith the gray, mossy stones, and the blue or the TREES AND FLOWERS OF CAPE ANN. 141 white-crested waves. Even the pastures, whichhave been a long time shorn of their ancient syl-van beauty, are not naked. They have put on amottled garment of sumac-trees, barberry-bushes,bayberry-shrubs, sweet-ferns, huckleberry patches,high and low blackberries in braid and tangle, andwhite clover, and the common upland grasses inbroad folds and spangled scarfs. At some pointsclose to the sea, the woods are majestic. Else-where the stunted yellow-pines, in connection withthe rocks and t
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