. The Catskill Mountains; . evening twilight, when The Western sky has trimmed its skirts with ruffles all the bias stripes of salmon pink and heliotrope and gray. as the receding sun fioods the earth in tranquil glory and paintshis transient banners on the easel of Night, you are lost insilent admiration. Splendors and blossoms and beauty, And a charm that cannot be told,For the days are exquisite poemsBound in the blue and the gold. Of the cloudless sky and the written in measures of light, They are full of the magical rythm Which sweeps through the day and the night. Oh
. The Catskill Mountains; . evening twilight, when The Western sky has trimmed its skirts with ruffles all the bias stripes of salmon pink and heliotrope and gray. as the receding sun fioods the earth in tranquil glory and paintshis transient banners on the easel of Night, you are lost insilent admiration. Splendors and blossoms and beauty, And a charm that cannot be told,For the days are exquisite poemsBound in the blue and the gold. Of the cloudless sky and the written in measures of light, They are full of the magical rythm Which sweeps through the day and the night. Oh! the lyrics of dewy morning,And the sonnets of golden noon, And the love-songs written in silver,That flow from the mystical moon. Oh! the beautiful star-lit nocturnes,We mortals have called the night, That are played in deep, minor measures,When the world has grown weary of light. Oh! the glorious music and rythm Of life—and the world—and the sky, As they blend in a harmony floats to the Throne on THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 35 HOW TO REACH ^^^^ *^ ° longer a problem of anymoment, and few will need any explicitTHE CATSKILLS. ji,-ections. And yet there are uncom-fortable, undesirable routes and methods which may easily beavoided by a little study of this book, which is largely devotedto the details of the best route, the only through car line andall-rail connection. For some fifty years after its summer charms were lirstdiscovered, the region remained practically was a long and tedious stage-ride from the river, over anatrocious road and up the steep mountain-side at a snails pace,which was often attended with some danger, and it took aman of vigor and endurance to stand the trip. The steep andstony miles, the jaded horses, and the lumbering old stageswere pretty apt to awaken sympathies and feelings not whollyakin to the picturesque sublimity on every side, leaving scanttime or mood to indulge his love for mountain grandeur. In-valids,
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