. Here and there in New England and Canada . t voices,served as the choir. Between the threelakes, Shepard Hillrises to a height ofeight hundred feetabove the sea, crownedwith a summer-hoteland several pretty cot-tages, and the Epis- ^5copal church of St. Peters-in-the-Mount, a memorial of Priest Fowle, for nearly sixty years(1789-1847) rector of this region. For half a century, this has been afavorite resort of Whittier, whose poems make frequent reference to thewonderful scenery of the vicinity. Here he wrote The Hill-Top, and the Storm on Asquam. A cloud, like that the old-time Hebrew sawOn
. Here and there in New England and Canada . t voices,served as the choir. Between the threelakes, Shepard Hillrises to a height ofeight hundred feetabove the sea, crownedwith a summer-hoteland several pretty cot-tages, and the Epis- ^5copal church of St. Peters-in-the-Mount, a memorial of Priest Fowle, for nearly sixty years(1789-1847) rector of this region. For half a century, this has been afavorite resort of Whittier, whose poems make frequent reference to thewonderful scenery of the vicinity. Here he wrote The Hill-Top, and the Storm on Asquam. A cloud, like that the old-time Hebrew sawOn Carmel prophesying rain, beganTo lift itself oer wooded Cardigan,Growing and blackening. Suddenly, a flaw Of chill wind menaced; then a strong blast beat Down the long valleys murmuring pines, and awokeThe noon-dream of the sleeping lake, and brokeIts smooth steel mirror at the mountains feet. The Whittier Pines darken on the hillside; and across the valley, on Sun-set Mill, spreads the great pine, made famous by the poem of The SOUAM LAKE, FROM SHEPARD HILL. Alone, the level sun before; Below, the lakes green islands;Beyond, in misty distance dim,The rugged Northern highlands. The availability of Shepard Hill as a summer-home was discovered andutilized in 1S69 by Dr. Hard of New York and Prof. \V. A. Norton ofYale College, and their cottages became the pioneers of many. The view from Shepard Hill covers an area of a hundred and fiftysquare miles, with Asquam, Little Squam, and Minnesquam nearly sur-rounding the base of the eminence ; a magnificent view of Sandwich Dome,Tripyramid, Mount Israel, Passaconaway, Paugus, the noble Chocorua, and 39 Red Hill, on the north-east and east; and a wilderness of peaks, Stjuani,Prospect, and the far-away Cardigan on the north and west. At the foot of Shepard Hill, near the pleasant little bathing-beach, isa convenient landing, among the rhododendrons and cardinal-flowers, andhaunted by the loon, the heron, and the eagle. The As
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